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Majungasaurus
Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret 1896)
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 25 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Majungasaurus sits in deep time
Majungasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Majungasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.