Tratayenia Porfiri et al. 2018 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megaraptoridae

Full reference: J. D. Porfiri, R. D. Juárez Valieri, D. D. D. Santos and M. C. Lamanna. 2018. A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 89:302-319

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

See also Lamanna et al. 2020 and Porfiri et al. 2018

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

Subtaxa: Tratayenia rosalesi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Los Pilares-Tratayén fossil site (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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