Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Majungasaurus an rarraba shi a matsayin memba na theropod clade Abelisauridae, wanda ake la'akari da dangi a cikin harajin Linnaean. Tare da dangin Noasauridae, an haɗa da abelisaurids a cikin babban dangin Abelisauroidea, wanda a biyun ya zama wani yanki na infraorder Ceratosauria. Abelisaurids an san su da manyan kwarangwal tare da tsattsauran ra'ayi, zane-zane mai zurfi a saman ƙasusuwan fuska (daidaitawa da carcharodontosaurids), raguwa sosai (atrophied) gabobin gaba (daidaitawa da tyrannosaurids), da ƙididdigar ƙididdigar baya, a tsakanin sauran halaye. Kamar yadda yake tare da dangin dinosaur da yawa, tsarin tsarin (dangantaka na juyin halitta) a cikin dangin Abelisauridae yana rikicewa. Yawancin nazarin cladistic sun nuna cewa Majungasaurus yana da dangantaka ta kusa da Carnotaurus daga Kudancin Amirka, yayin da wasu ba su iya sanya shi a cikin phylogeny ba. Binciken da aka yi kwanan nan, ta yin amfani da cikakkun bayanai, maimakon haka ya dawo da Majungasaurus a cikin clade tare da Rajasaurus da Indosaurus daga Indiya, amma ban da jinsunan Kudancin Amurka kamar Carnotaurus, Ilokelesia, Ekrixinatosaurus, Aucasaurus da Abelisaurus, da Rugops daga babban yankin Afirka. Wannan ya bar damar yiwuwar rarraba clades na abelisaurids a yammaci da gabashin Gondwana.  Tambaya: Daga wace ƙasa ce Rugops ta fito?
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