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Megaraptor
Taxonomy
Megaraptor was named by Novas (1998). Its type is Megaraptor namunhuaiquii.
It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Novas (1998); to Dromaeosauridae by Rauhut (2003); to Tetanurae by Calvo et al. (2002), Calvo et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2006) and Porfiri et al. (2007); to Spinosauroidea by Smith et al. (2008); to Allosauroidea by Porfiri et al. (2011); to Megaraptora by Benson et al. (2010) and Carrano et al. (2012); and to Megaraptoridae by Novas et al. (2013), Porfiri et al. (2014), White et al. (2015), Coria and Currie (2016), Paulina-Carabajal and Currie (2017), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019) and Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Novas (1998); to Dromaeosauridae by Rauhut (2003); to Tetanurae by Calvo et al. (2002), Calvo et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2006) and Porfiri et al. (2007); to Spinosauroidea by Smith et al. (2008); to Allosauroidea by Porfiri et al. (2011); to Megaraptora by Benson et al. (2010) and Carrano et al. (2012); and to Megaraptoridae by Novas et al. (2013), Porfiri et al. (2014), White et al. (2015), Coria and Currie (2016), Paulina-Carabajal and Currie (2017), Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2019), Brougham et al. (2019) and Aranciaga Rolando et al. (2022).
Species
M. namunhuaiquii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Megaraptor Novas |
| 2002 | Megaraptor Calvo et al. p. 20 |
| 2003 | Megaraptor Rauhut p. 37 |
| 2004 | Megaraptor Calvo et al. pp. 566-567 |
| 2006 | Megaraptor Novas et al. p. 63 |
| 2007 | Megaraptor Porfiri et al. p. 546 |
| 2008 | Megaraptor Smith et al. p. 2089 |
| 2010 | Megaraptor Benson et al. p. 76 |
| 2011 | Megaraptor Porfiri et al. p. 111 |
| 2012 | Megaraptor Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
| 2013 | Megaraptor Novas et al. p. 194 |
| 2014 | Megaraptor Porfiri et al. p. 36 |
| 2015 | Megaraptor White et al. p. 2 |
| 2016 | Megaraptor Coria and Currie p. 45 |
| 2017 | Megaraptor Paulina-Carabajal and Currie p. 618 |
| 2019 | Megaraptor Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 120 |
| 2019 | Megaraptor Brougham et al. p. 2 |
| 2022 | Megaraptor Aranciaga Rolando et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.50000 to 85.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina (Neuquén) | M. namunhuaiquii (49415 79953) Tetanurae indet. (55264) |