Murusraptor Coria and Currie 2016 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megaraptoridae

Full reference: R. A. Coria and P. J. Currie. 2016. A new megaraptoran dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Megaraptoridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. PLoS ONE 11(7):e0157973:1-53

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

See also Coria and Currie 2016 and Paulina-Carabajal and Currie 2017

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

Subtaxa: Murusraptor barrosaensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sierra Barrosa (Sierra Barrosa) [MCF] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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