Megaraptor Novas 1998 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megaraptoridae

Full reference: F. E. Novas. 1998. Megaraptor namunhuaiquii, gen. et sp. nov., a large-clawed, Late Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):4-9

Parent taxon: Megaraptoridae according to A. M. Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2022

See also Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2019, Benson et al. 2010, Brougham et al. 2019, Calvo et al. 2002, Calvo et al. 2004, Carrano et al. 2012, Coria and Currie 2016, Novas 1998, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2006, Paulina-Carabajal and Currie 2017, Porfiri et al. 2011, Porfiri et al. 2007, Porfiri et al. 2014, Rauhut 2003, Smith et al. 2008 and White et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Aerosteon, Australovenator, Maip, Murusraptor, Orkoraptor, Tratayenia

Subtaxa: Megaraptor namunhuaiquii

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Type: Megaraptor namunhuaiquii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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