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Majungasaurus


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    • Majungatholus
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    • found: Work cat.: Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda:Abelisauridae) from the late Cretaceous of Madagascar, 2007:pref. (Majungatholus atopus was a theropod, and represents the same animal as Majungasaurus crenatissimus) p. 2 (Majungasaurus, Abelisauridae, Abelisauroidea, Ceratosauria, Theropoda, Saurischia, Dinosauria; synonym: Majungatholus)
    • found: The paleobiology database, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Majungatholus atopus, synonym of Majungasaurus crenatissimus. Reptilia, Dinosauria, Abelisauridae)
    • found: Poling, J. DML dinosaur genera list, last updated Jan. 26, 2004, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Majungasaurus Lavocat, 1955, nomen dubium, possible subjective synonym of Majungatholus; Majungatholus Sues & Taquet, 1979)
    • found: Dinosaur and paleontology dictionary, via WWW, July 30, 2007Majungasaurus (Majungasaurus (meaning "Majunga [Madagascar] lizard") was a large, meat-eating dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, about 83-73 million years ago. The type species is M. crenatissimus. Majungasaurus was named by Lavocat in 1955. This is a dubious genus; it may be the same as Majungatholus) Majungatholus (Majungatholus (meaning "Majunga (Madagascar) dome") was a large, meat-eating dinosaur. It was a theropod but its classification is not certain; it's possibly an abelisaurid. The type species is M. atopus. It used to be thought to a pachycephalosaurid)
    • found: Margulski, R. Dinosaur genera, last updated July 27, 2007, via WWW, July 30, 2007(Majungasaurus: Lavocat, 1955; Majungatholus: Sues & Taquet, 1979, junior subjective synonym of Majungasaurus)
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    • 2007-11-01: new
    • 2007-11-02: revised
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