Species
Valid Extinct

Masiakasaurus knopfleri

Sampson et al. 2001

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
29
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Noasauridae Family
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Noasaurinae Subfamily
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Masiakasaurus Genus
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Masiakasaurus knopfleri Species
Fossil sites 29 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇬 Madagascar
29
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
29
Bibliography
Original description
S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano, and C. A. Forster. 2001. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature 409:504-506 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
W. G. Joyce, Y. Rollot, and S. W. Evers, T. R. Lyson, L. J. Rahantarisoa, D. W. Krause. 2021. A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires. Royal Society Open Science 8(5):210098:1-32 DOI ↗
M. T. Carrano, M. A. Loewen, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2011. New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 95:1-53 DOI ↗
F. Fanti and F. Therrien. 2007. Theropod tooth assemblages from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation and the possible presence of dromaeosaurids in Madagascar. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):155-166
R. R. Rogers, D. W. Krause, and K. Curry Rogers, A. H. Rasoamiaramanana, L. Rahantarisoa. 2007. Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In S. D. Sampson & D. W. Krause (eds.), Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 8. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2, suppl.):21-31 DOI ↗
S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano, and C. A. Forster. 2001. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature 409:504-506 DOI ↗