Mapusaurus Coria and Currie 2006 (allosauroid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae

Full reference: R. A. Coria and P. J. Currie. 2006. A new carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Geodiversitas 28(1):71-118

Parent taxon: Carcharodontosauridae according to C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus 2014

See also Bell and Coria 2013, Brusatte et al. 2009, Brusatte and Sereno 2007, Canale et al. 2013, Candeiro et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2012, Coria and Currie 2006, Csiki-Sava et al. 2016, Furtado et al. 2013, Motta et al. 2016, Novas et al. 2013, Porfiri et al. 2007, Sereno et al. 2008 and Smith et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurinae, Carcharodontosaurus, Concavenator, Eocarcharia, Giganotosaurus, Kelmayisaurus, Lajasvenator, Megalosaurus inexpectatus, Shaochilong, Taurovenator, Unquillosaurus, Veterupristisaurus

Subtaxa: Mapusaurus roseae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cañadón del Gato (ACDP-MUCP) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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