Masiakasaurus
Mah-shee-ah-kah-sore-usName meaning: Vicious Lizard
Time Period: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) 72-66 Mya
Locations: Madagascar-Maevarano Formation
Taxonomy: Theropoda-Abelisauroidea-Noasauridae
Subspecies: M. knopfleri
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Masiakasaurus has a skull only a mother could love. Maisiakasaurus has a protruding face full of heterodont teeth meaning teeth that are differently shaped from the rest. ___. The main purpose of a mouth like this was for quickly snatching small animals. Presumably being small burrowing animals with the long skull and forward facing teeth making reaching down burrows easier. It was also well adapted for catching fish and slippery aquatic animals, as well as supplementing its diet with fruit. Masiakasaurus was pretty small only being around 6 feet long and around 40 pounds and grew rather slowly taking 8 to 10 years to reach adulthood.
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Prehistoric Planet Masiakasaurus are in the Madagascar segments of certain episodes It gets the shorthand of the stick most of the time, Having one of it’s babies get eaten by a Beelzebufo . And later right before it gets a successful hunt a matsonia coils and kills it.