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Megaraptora
Taxonomy
Megaraptora was named by Benson et al. (2010). It was considered monophyletic by Benson et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Neovenatoridae by Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012) and Zanno and Makovicky (2013); to Tyrannosauroidea by Porfiri et al. (2014) and Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019); to Tetanurae by Porfiri et al. (2018) and Lamanna et al. (2020); and to Coelurosauria by Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Neovenatoridae by Benson et al. (2010), Carrano et al. (2012) and Zanno and Makovicky (2013); to Tyrannosauroidea by Porfiri et al. (2014) and Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019); to Tetanurae by Porfiri et al. (2018) and Lamanna et al. (2020); and to Coelurosauria by Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022) and Agnolín et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2010 | Megaraptora Benson et al. p. 76 |
2012 | Megaraptora Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
2013 | Megaraptora Novas et al. p. 191 |
2013 | Megaraptora Zanno and Makovicky |
2014 | Megaraptora Porfiri et al. p. 36 |
2018 | Megaraptora Porfiri et al. |
2019 | Megaraptora Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 120 |
2019 | Megaraptora Novas et al. p. 255 |
2020 | Megaraptora Lamanna et al. p. 258 |
2022 | Megaraptora Aranciaga Rolando et al. |
2023 | Megaraptora Agnolín et al. |
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. B. J. Benson et al. 2010 | Neovenatorid theropods with the following unambiguous synapomorphy: long, gracile metatarsals (III) with a ratio of length to minimum width ≥12.5. Incomplete knowledge of Chilantaisaurus and Neovenator means that other potential synapomorphies of Megaraptora, pertaining to cursorial hind limbs (Fig. 1j–k) and pneumatic caudal vertebrae (Fig. 1c), are only recovered under DELTRAN optimisation (see “Electronic supplementary material”). |