Santanaraptor

Kellner 1999

Santanaraptor is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Tetanurae Unranked clade

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Coelurosauria Unranked clade

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Santanaraptor Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇧🇷 Brazil

Geological formations

Romualdo

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Santanaraptor placidus 120 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

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

Bibliography (1)