Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner. 1999. Short note on a new dinosaur (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) from the Santana Formation (Romualdo Member, Albian), northeastern Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série 49:1-8
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to R. Delcourt et al. 2025
See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Holtz 2004, Kellner 1999 and Martínez and Novas 2006
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptoromorpha, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Plesiothornipus, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Santanaraptor placidus
Type: Santanaraptor placidus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Santana do Cariri (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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