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Abelisauridae

Majungatholus atopus ma-ju-nga-THO-lu

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Majungatholus 7 m (23 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Majungatholus
Length
7 m (23 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72.2–66 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Majungatholus is a abelisauridae known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Sues and Taquet 1979.