Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Majungasaurus

Say it mah-joon-gah-sore-us. The name means ‘Majunga lizard’.

Majungasaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 6 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Cretaceous84 to 71 million years ago
Fossils found in: Madagascar
Named by: Sues & Taquet (1979)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Abelisauridae

Where Majungasaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Anserimimus Late Cretaceous
Aucasaurus Late Cretaceous
Dryptosaurus Late Cretaceous
Nanshiungosaurus Late Cretaceous
Gorgosaurus Late Cretaceous
Alectrosaurus Late Cretaceous
Albertosaurus Late Cretaceous
Daspletosaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Majungasaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.