Maip

Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2022

Maip is a genus of large megaraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. macrothorax, known from an incomplete, disarticulated skeleton. Maip may represent the largest megaraptorid known from South America, and possibly the world.

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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(A), silhouette of Maip macrothorax showing the preserved bones in white. (B), reconstruction of the thoracic cavity of Maip at level of D6. (C), interpretative drawing of the excavation of Maip showing the original disposition of the bones. Abbreviations: a, axis; c, coracoid; ind, indeterminate bone; g, gastralia; r, rib; v, vertebrae. © Aranciaga Rolando A. M., Motta M. J., Agnolín F. L., Manabe M., Tsuihiji T., Novas F. E. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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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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Megaraptora Unranked clade

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Megaraptoridae Family

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Maip Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇷 Argentina

Geological formations

Chorrillo

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Species (1)

Maip macrothorax 72 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

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 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)