Reptilia - Theropoda - Megaraptoridae

Full reference: F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and A. Lecuona. 2008. Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29(3):468-480

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

See also Agnolín et al. 2023, Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2019, Benson et al. 2010, Brougham et al. 2019, Carrano et al. 2012, Coria and Currie 2016, Ezcurra 2009, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2008 and White et al. 2015

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

Subtaxa: Orkoraptor burkei

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Type: Orkoraptor burkei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Hornos (Orkoraptor locality) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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