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Megaraptoridae

Osteichthyes - Megaraptoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Megaraptoridae Novas et al. p. 191
2014Megaraptoridae Porfiri et al. p. 36
2018Megaraptoridae Porfiri et al.
2019Megaraptoridae Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 120
2019Megaraptoridae Novas et al. p. 255
2020Megaraptoridae Lamanna et al. p. 258
2022Megaraptoridae Aranciaga Rolando et al.
2023Megaraptoridae Agnolín et al.
2025Megaraptoridae Ibiricu et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Megaraptora
familyMegaraptoridae
familyMegaraptoridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Megaraptoridae Novas et al. 2013
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G. †Aerosteon Sereno et al. 2008
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†Aerosteon riocoloradensis Sereno et al. 2008
G. †Australovenator Hocknull et al. 2009
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†Australovenator wintonensis Hocknull et al. 2009
G. †Joaquinraptor Ibiricu et al. 2025
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†Joaquinraptor casali Ibiricu et al. 2025
G. †Maip Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2022
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†Maip macrothorax Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2022
G. †Megaraptor Novas 1998
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G. †Murusraptor Coria and Currie 2016
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†Murusraptor barrosaensis Coria and Currie 2016
G. †Orkoraptor Novas et al. 2008
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†Orkoraptor burkei Novas et al. 2008
G. †Tratayenia Porfiri et al. 2018
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†Tratayenia rosalesi Porfiri et al. 2018
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. E. Novas et al. 2013megaraptorids are diagnosed by an extensive list of syanpomorphies, including: opisthocoelous cervical vertebrae, manual ungual of digit I three times longer than its proximal depth, transversely compressed, and with a dorsoventrally elliptical proximal end, metatarsal III with distal ginglymoid proximally extended and extensor fossa wide and crescent shaped
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Australia (Victoria) Megaraptora indet. (51961)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Australia (Victoria) Megaraptoridae indet. (97758)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Australia (Victoria) Australovenator wintonensis, Spinosauridae indet. (118946) Megaraptoridae indet. (228968) Tyrannosauroidea indet. (38542)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (New South Wales) Megaraptoridae indet. (224617)
Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Australia (Queensland) Megaraptoridae indet. (226547)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Argentina (Chubut) Megaraptoridae indet. (123284 234017)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Australia (Queensland) Australovenator wintonensis (90140 153781)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Argentina (Neuquén) Megaraptor namunhuaiquii (49415 79953) Tetanurae indet. (55264)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Argentina (Neuquén) Megaraptoridae indet. (216699)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Río Negro) Theropoda indet. (45407)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Megaraptoridae indet. (196207 235260)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Orkoraptor burkei (232634 237048)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Chile (Magallanes y Antártica Chilena) Megaraptoridae indet. 2 (228864)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Mendoza) Aerosteon riocoloradensis, Megaraptoridae indet. (90139)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Megaraptoridae indet. (52909)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Theropoda indet. (196404)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Megaraptoridae indet. (206969 227005) Megaraptoridae indet., Megaraptoridae indet. 1 (206968) Theropoda indet. (51623)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Joaquinraptor casali (275222)