Majungasaurinae

Majungasaurines Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 76–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Display of Majungasaurus crenatissimus at the Royal Ontario Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	†Abelisauridae
Subfamily:	†Majungasaurinae Tortosa et al., 2013
Type species
†Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Depéret, 1896 [originally Megalosaurus]) Lavocat, 1955

Majungasaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae.^[1] The clade is defined as all abelisaurids more closely related to Majungasaurus than to Carnotaurus.

Phylogeny

Abelisauridae	Kryptops Rugops Genusaurus MCF-PVPH-237 abelisaurid Xenotarsosaurus Tarascosaurus La Boucharde abelisaurid   Majungasaurinae Pourcieux abelisaurid Arcovenator Majungasaurus Indosaurus Rahiolisaurus Rajasaurus Brachyrostra Ilokelesia   Ekrixinatosaurus   Skorpiovenator   Carnotaurini Abelisaurus Aucasaurus Pycnonemosaurus Quilmesaurus Carnotaurus

See also

• Timeline of ceratosaur research

References

1. Tortosa, Thierry; Eric Buffetaut; Nicolas Vialle; Yves Dutour; Eric Turini; Gilles Cheylan (2013). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie (In press). doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. Retrieved 13 December 2013.