What is Masiakasaurus?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Masiakasaurus'' | fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]] | image = Masiakosaurus skull FMNH.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Masiakasaurus'' skull at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptilia]] | superordo = [[Dinosaur]]ia | ordo = [[Saurischia]] | subordo = [[Theropoda]] | infraordo = [[Ceratosauria]] | superfamilia = [[Abelisaur]]oidea | familia = [[Noasauridae]] | genus = '''''Masiakasaurus''''' | binomial = ''Masiakasaurus knopfleri'' | binomial_authority = Sampson ''et al.'', 2001 }} '''''Masiakasaurus''''' was a small predatory [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Late Cretaceous]] of [[Madagascar]]. Its a small, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur that had forward-pointing teeth, a long neck, and a long tail. It was about the size of a really big dog. The species name ''Masiakasaurus knopfleri'', was named for [[Mark Knopfler]], a guitarist and singer from the rock band [[Dire Straits]]. The paleontologists who discovered this dinosaur were listening to Knopfler's music when they found and dug up ''Masiakasaurus''. Also Masiakasaurus has appeared only one time in pop culture and that was in prehistoric planet Masiakasaurus is a wonderful animal {{biology-stub}} [[category:Dinosaurs of Africa]] [[category:Ceratosaurs]]