Majungasaurus crenatissimus Depéret 1896 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Alternative combinations: Dryptosaurus crenatissimus, Mahajungasaurus crenatissimus, Megalosaurus crenatissimus, Megalosaurus madagascariensis

Synonyms: Majungatholus athopus Sues and Taquet 1979, Majungatholus atopus Sues and Taquet 1979

Full reference: C. Depéret. 1896. Note sur les dinosauriens sauropodes & théropodes du Crétacé supérieur de Madagascar [Note on the sauropod and theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 24:176-194

Belongs to Majungasaurus according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013

See also Bell 2010, Bell and Coria 2013, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1991, Buckley et al. 2018, Buffetaut et al. 2005, Burch and Carrano 2012, Candeiro et al. 2006, Carrano et al. 2012, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Chiarenza and Cau 2016, Coria et al. 2006, Currie and Padian 1997, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2018, Depéret 1896, Depéret and Savornin 1925, Depéret and Savornin 1928, Ezcurra and Agnolin 2017, Fanti et al. 2012, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Filippi et al. 2016, Fraas 1908, Furon 1963, Gutherz et al. 2020, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Huene 1926, Huene 1927, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Krause and Dodson 1994, Krause et al. 2007, Kuhn 1939, Lamanna et al. 2002, Lapparent 1943, Lapparent 1957, Lavocat 1955, Lavocat 1957, Lemoine 1906, Maganuco et al. 2008, Malkani 2007, Martínez et al. 2004, Maryanska 1990, Mateus et al. 2011, Méndez 2014, Méndez 2014, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2010, Obata and Kanie 1977, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Pant et al. 1988, Paulina Carabajal 2011, Paulina Carabajal and Canale 2010, Paulina Carabajal and Currie 2012, Piveteau 1926, Prasad 2012, Prasad and Sahni 1999, Prasad and Sahni 2009, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Rauhut 2003, Rowe et al. 1997, Ruiz et al. 2011, Russell et al. 1976, Salem et al. 2022, Sampson et al. 1996, Sampson et al. 1996, Sampson et al. 1998, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Sauvage 1898, Smith 2007, Smith and Krause 2003, Smith et al. 2010, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Sues and Taquet 1979, Sullivan 2006, Taquet 1977, Taquet 1984, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Vianey-Liaud et al. 1988 and Xing et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Majungasaurus crenatissimus: MNHN.MAJ 1, a mandible. Its type locality is Mevarana site 2, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.
  • Majungatholus atopus: MNHN.MAJ 4.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (25 collections)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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