Classification
Dinosauria
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Theropoda
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Neotheropoda
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Averostra
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Tetanurae
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Coelurosauria
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Megaraptora
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Megaraptoridae
Famille
Sites de découverte 32 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
6
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
3
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
6
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
4
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
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Bibliographie
Description originale
F. E. Novas, F. L. Agnolín, and M. D. Ezcurra, J. Porfiri, J. I. Canale. 2013. Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: The evidence from Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 45:174-215
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Bibliographie (28)
L. M. Ibiricu, M. C. Lamanna, and B. N. Alvarez, I. A. Cerda, J. L. Caglianone, N. V. Cardozo, M. Luna, R. D. Martínez. 2025. Latest Cretaceous megaraptorid theropod dinosaur sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology. Nature Communications 16(8298):1-18
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J. Kotevski, R. J. Duncan, and T. Ziegler, J. J. Bevitt, P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, A. R. Evans, S. F. Poropat. 2025. Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
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F. L. Agnolín, G. Álvarez Herrera, and M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. Motta, S. Rozadilla, L. Verdiquio, J. S. D.'Angelo, D. Moyano-Paz, A. N. Varela, J. Sterli, S. Bogan, S. Miner, A. M. Rodríguez, G. Munoz, M. P. Isasi , F. E. Novas. 2024. Fossil vertebrates from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 154:105735:1-33
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J. Kotevski, R. J. Duncan, and A. H. Pentland, J. P. Rule, P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, E. M. Fitzgerald, A. R. Evans, S. F. Poropat. 2024. A megaraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) frontal from the upper Strzelecki Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Victoria, Australia. Cretaceous Research 154(78):105769
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J. D. Porfiri, M. A. Baiano, and D. D. dos Santos, F. A. Gianechini, M. Pittman, M. C. Lamanna. 2024. Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24:77:1-22
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S. N. Davis, S. Soto-Acuña, and R. A. Fernández, J. Amudeo-Plaza, M. A. Leppe, D. Rubilar-Rogers, A. O. Vargas, J. A. Clarke. 2023. New records of Theropoda from a Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) locality in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonia, and insights into end Cretaceous theropod diversity. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 122:104163
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D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project).
A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, and F. L. Agnolín, M. Manabe, T. Tsuihiji, F. E. Novas. 2022. A large Megaraptoridae (Theropoda: Coelurosauria) from Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports 12:6318:1-29
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J. G. Meso, F. A. Gianechini, and R. D. Juárez Valieri, S. Apesteguía, S. A. S. Correa. 2022. Theropods from the La Bonita site, Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquen Group, Santonian), Río Negro, Argentina: analysis of dental evidence. Cretaceous Research 137:105250
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D. Moyano-Paz, S. Rozadilla, and F. Agnolín, E. Verad, M. D. Coronel, A. N. Varela, A. R. Gómez-Dacal, A. M. Aranciaga-Rolando, J. D.'Angelo, V. Pérez-Loinaze, S. Richiano, N. Chimento, M. J. Motta, J. Sterli, M. Manabe, T. Tsuihiji, M. P. Isasi, D. G. Poiré, F. E. Novas. 2022. The uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits at the southern end of Patagonia, the Chorrillo Formation case study (Austral-Magallanes Basin): Sedimentology, fossil content and regional implications. Cretaceous Research 130:105059
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S. F. Poropat, T. G. Frauenfelder, and P. D. Mannion, S. L. Rigby, A. H. Pentland, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliott. 2022. Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms. Royal Society Open Science 9:220381
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L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, and R. D. Martínez, B. N. Alvarez, S. F. Poropat. 2020. New materials and an overview of Cretaceous vertebrates from the Chubut Group of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102460
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M. C. Lamanna, G. A. Casal, and R. D. Martínez, L. M. Ibiricu. 2020. Megaraptorid (Theropoda: Tetanurae) partial skeletons from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo Barreal Formation of central Patagonia, Argentina: implications for the evolution of large body size in Gondwanan megaraptorans. Annals of Carnegie Museum 86(3):255-294
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S. F. Poropat, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch, T. R. Tischler, T. Sloan, G. H. K. Sinapius, J. A. Elliott, D. A. Elliott. 2020. Osteology of the wide-hipped titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Savannasaurus elliottorum from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(3):e1786836:1-36
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F. E. Novas, F. L. Agnolin, and S. Rozadilla, A. M. Aranciaga-Rolando, F. Brisson-Egli, M. J. Motta, M. Cerroni, M. D. Ezcurra, A. G. Martinelli, J. S. D.’Angelo, G. Alvarez-Herrera. 2019. Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 21(2):217-293
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S. F. Poropat, M. A. White, and P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich. 2019. New megaraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) remains from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation of Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(4):e1666273
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J. D. Porfiri, R. D. Juárez Valieri, and D. D. D. Santos, M. C. Lamanna. 2018. A new megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northwestern Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 89:302-319
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G. A. Casal, R. D. Martinez, and M. Luna, L. M. Ibiricu. 2016. Ordenamiento y caracterización faunisitica del Cretacico superior del Grupo Chubut, Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge, Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 19(1):53-70
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R. A. Coria and P. J. Currie. 2016. A new megaraptoran dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Megaraptoridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. PLoS ONE 11(7):e0157973:1-53
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P. R. Bell, A. Cau, and F. Fanti, E. T. Smith. 2015. A large-clawed theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia and the Gondwanan origin of megaraptorid theropods. Gondwana Research 36:473-487
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J. D. Porfiri, F. E. Novas, and J. O. Calvo, F. L. Agnolín, M. D. Ezcurra, I. A. Cerda. 2014. Juvenile specimen of Megaraptor (Dinosauria, Theropoda) sheds light about tyrannosauroid radiation. Cretaceous Research 51(1):35-55
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F. E. Novas, F. L. Agnolín, and M. D. Ezcurra, J. Porfiri, J. I. Canale. 2013. Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: The evidence from Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 45:174-215
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S. W. Salisbury, T. H. V. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, P. J. Currie. 2011. Australian Cretaceous non-avian theropod dinosaur teeth. CAVEPS Perth 2011,13th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics. Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2011(9):73
S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51
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F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and A. Lecuona. 2008. Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, southern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 29(3):468-480
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P. C. Sereno, R. N. Martínez, and J. A. Wilson, D. J. Varricchio, O. A. Alcober, H. C. E. Larsson. 2008. Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina. PLoS ONE 3(9):e3303:1-20
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J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and C. Veralli, F. E. Novas. 2002. Megaraptor namunhuaiquii (Novas, 1998), a new light about its phylogenetic relationships. 1° Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Chile. Resumenes
F. E. Novas. 1998. Megaraptor namunhuaiquii, gen. et sp. nov., a large-clawed, Late Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):4-9
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