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Several fossils belonging to the dinosaur Majungatholus, including an almost complete skull, were found recently on the island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa. The fossils date from 70 to 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, right before the huge K-T extinction in which the remaining dinosaurs went extinct.
Majungatholus atopus was a meat-eating dinosaur, a theropod. It was up to 30 feet (9.1 m) long and was at the top of the food chain in its locale. It probably ate sauropods, long-necked plant-eaters and other large dinosaurs. The name Majungatholus is derived from "Majunga," a district of Madagascar and "tholus," which means dome in Latin.
| Majungatholus belongs to the group of dinosaurs called abelisaurids, which until now were only found in India and South America. It is especially similar to the horned dinosaur Carnotaurus, which is found in in Argentina. Finding this Majungatholus in Madagascar, far from its relatives in India and South America, has implications for plate tectonics. In particular, the continent of Gondwanaland may have had a connecting land-bridge from South America through Antarctica to India-Madagascar for longer than believed, allowing animals like Majungatholus to slowly migrate to new, far flung habitats. |  Laurasia (north) and Gondwanaland (south) 65 million years ago. There may have been a land-bridge across South America through Antarctica to India-Madagascar. |
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