Majungasaurus Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret 1896)
/məˌdʒʌŋɡəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Madagascar
Region
Mahajanga
Formation
Maevarano
Dig sites
21
distinct collections
Overview
Majungasaurus crenatissimus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Mahajanga, Madagascar. It was named by (Depéret 1896). The species is represented by 25 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~63%
well attested
Based on 25 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Majungasaurus crenatissimus sits in deep time
Majungasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Majungasaurus crenatissimus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.