Masiakasaurus

Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Meaning: Mark Knopfler's vicious lizard
Mass: ?
Length: 2m
Lived: In Madagascar in the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian - between 71 and 65 million years ago)
Place in the cladogram: Noasauridae
Relationships in detail: Abelisauria
                                     |- Noasauridae
                                     | |- Masiakasaurus
                                     | |?- Ligabueino
                                     | |- Noasaurus
                                     | ` - Velocisaurus
                                     ` - Abelisauridae
                                         |- Betasuchus
                                         |- Xenotarsosaurus
                                         |- Tarascosaurus
                                         |- Indosuchus
                                         |- Abelisaurinae
                                         |   ` - Abelisaurus
                                         ` - Carnotaurinae
                                             |     INCERTAE SEDIS
                                             |     Majungasaurus
                                             |- Aucasaurus
                                             |- Carnotaurus
                                             |- Indosaurus
                                             ` - Majungatholus