Masiakasaurus

Skeletal reconstruction of Masiakasaurus knopfleri.

Masiakasaurus knopfleri on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Abelisauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: †Ceratosauria Cladus: †Neoceratosauria Superfamilia: †Abelisauroidea

Familia: †Noasauridae
Subfamilae: †Noasaurinae
Genus: †Masiakasaurus
Species (1): †M. knopfleri

Name

Masiakasaurus Sampson, Carrano & Forster, 2001

References

Primary references

• Sampson, S.D., Carrano, M.T. & Forster, C.A. 2001. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature 409(6819): 504–506. DOI: 10.1038/35054046 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• 日本語: マシアカサウルス
• 한국어: 마시아카사우루스
• 中文: 惡龍（簡體字：恶龙）

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