Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae
Alternative combination: Masiakosaurus knopfleri
Full reference: S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano, and C. A. Forster. 2001. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature 409:504-506
Belongs to Masiakasaurus according to G. A. de Souza et al. 2021
See also Agnolin and Chiarelli 2010, Allain et al. 2014, Candeiro et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2011, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano et al. 2004, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria et al. 2006, de Souza et al. 2020, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Ezcurra 2017, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Frederickson et al. 2018, Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Lindoso et al. 2012, Machado et al. 2013, Maganuco et al. 2008, Medeiros et al. 2014, Mohabey and Samant 2013, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010, Novas et al. 2005, Osi and Buffetaut 2011, Rauhut 2003, Salem et al. 2022, Sampson et al. 2001, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Smith 2007, Smith et al. 2010, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of Antananarivo 8680, a mandible. Its type locality is MAD93-18 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian channel sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.
Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 53.4, tibia circumference 44.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (29 collections)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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