Classification
Dinosauria
Clade non classé
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Theropoda
Clade non classé
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Neotheropoda
Clade non classé
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Averostra
Clade non classé
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Tetanurae
Clade non classé
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Coelurosauria
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Megaraptora
Clade non classé
Sites de découverte 50 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
7
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
10
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
4
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
10
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
6
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
4
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
5
Bibliographie
Description originale
R. B. J. Benson, M. T. Carrano, and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic. Naturwissenschaften 97:71-78
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Bibliographie (41)
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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P.V.L.G.C. Pereira, T. B. Ribeiro, and S. L. Brusatte, C. R. d. A. Candeiro, T. d. S. Marinho, L. P. Bergqvist. 2020. Theropod (Dinosauria) diversity from the Açu Formation (mid-Cretaceous), Potiguar Basin, northeast Brazil. Cretaceous Research 114:104517:1-11
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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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T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 2020. Dinosaurs of Darkness (second edition)
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T. Brougham, E. T. Smith, and P. R. Bell. 2019. New theropod (Tetanurae: Avetheropoda) material from the ‘mid’-Cretaceous Griman Greek Formation at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. Royal Society Open Science 6:180826:1-18
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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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A. Samathi, P. Chanthasit, and P. M. Sander. 2019. Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(2):239-260
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A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Brissón Egli, and M. A. F. Sales, A. G. Martinelli, J. I. Canale, M. D. Ezcurra. 2018. A supposed Gondwanan oviraptorosaur from the Albian of Brazil represents the oldest South American megaraptoran. Cretaceous Research 84:107-119
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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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M. A. F. Sales, A. G. Martinelli, and H. Francischini, R. R. Rubert, L. P. Marconato, M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz. 2018. New dinosaur remains and the tetrapod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous of Mato Grosso State, central Brazil. Historical Biology 30(5):661-676
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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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M. J. Motta, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, and S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, N. R. Chimento, F. Brissón Egli, F. E. Novas. 2016. New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71:231-253
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. H. Méndez, L. S. Filippi, and A. C. Garrido. 2015. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios terópodos provenientes del sitio La Invernada (Formación Bajo de la Carpa), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén [New discoveries of theropod dinosaurs from the La Invernada site (Bajo de la Carpa Formation), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén]. XXIX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 52(4 (suppl.)):28-29
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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A. G. Martinelli, L. C. Borges Ribeiro, and A. H. Méndez, F. M. Neto, C. L. Cavellani, E. Felix, M. L. d. F. Ferraz, V. d. P. A. Teixeira. 2013. Insight on the theropod fauna from the Uberaba Formation (Bauru Group), Minas Gerais state: new megaraptoran specimen from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil . Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119(2):205-214
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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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L. E. Zanno and P. J. Makovicky. 2013. Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America. Nature Communications 4:1-9
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M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300
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A. H. Méndez, F. E. Novas, and F. V. Iori. 2012. First record of Megaraptora (Theropoda, Neovenatoridae) from Brazil. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11(4):251-256
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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
F. L. Agnolin, M. D. Ezcurra, and D. F. Pais, S. W. Salisbury. 2010. A reappraisal of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaur faunas from Australia and New Zealand: evidence for their Gondwanan affinities. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(2):257-300
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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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