Majungasaurus ua faʻavasegaina o se sui o le theropod clade Abelisauridae, lea e manatu o se aiga i Linnaean taxonomy. Faʻatasi ai ma le aiga Noasauridae, abelisaurids o loʻo aofia ai i le superfamily Abelisauroidea, lea o se vaevaega o le infraorder Ceratosauria. O Abelisaurids e lauiloa mo o latou ulu maualuga ma le lemu snouts, faʻataʻitaʻiga tele i luga o le pito i fafo o ponaivi o foliga (tutusa ma carcharodontosaurids), matua faʻaititia (atrophied) forelimbs (tutusa ma tyrannosaurids), ma stocky hindlimbs, faʻatasi ai ma isi foliga.
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