LegendaryMajungasaurus
Majungasaurus crenatissimus
mah-JUNG-ah-SORE-us· “Mahajanga lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Abelisauridae
7 m
Length
2.5 m
Height
1.1 t
Weight
A bulldog-snouted predator from Madagascar with a single stubby horn on its head and tiny useless arms. It is one of the few dinosaurs with solid evidence it ate its own kind.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70–66 million years ago
Found in
Madagascar
Discovered
René Lavocat, 1955
Did you know?
- It had a short, deep bulldog-like snout with a small horn on top.
- Bite marks on its own bones are strong evidence that it was a cannibal.
- Its arms were even shorter and more useless than those of T. rex.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.