Imperobator Ely and Case 2019 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: R. C. Ely and J. A. Case. 2019. Phylogeny of a new gigantic paravian (Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 101:1-16

Parent taxon: Dromaeosauridae according to A. G. Sellés et al. 2021

See also Ely and Case 2019

Sister taxa: Balaur, Bambiraptor, Daurlong, Dromaeosauroides, Eudromaeosauria, Halszkaraptorinae, Kuru, Luanchuanraptor, Microraptorinae, Nuthetes, Pyroraptor, Richardoestesia, Shri, Tianyuraptor, Unenlagiinae, Variraptor, Velociraptorichnus, Wulong, Zhenyuanlong

Subtaxa: Imperobator antarcticus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP Locality RV-9502, The Naze, James Ross Island (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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