Pronunciation: MEG-uh-rap-TOR-rih-day
Authors: Novas, AgnolÃn, Ezcurra, Porfiri and Canale
Year: 2009
Meaning: Giant plunderers (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal
Synonyms: None known
[Novas et al. 2013]Definition
All theropods closer to Megaraptor namunhuaiquii than to Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis, Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis, Neovenator salerii, Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, Allosaurus fragilis, Baryonyx walkeri, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Passer domesticus.
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Etymology
Megaratoridae is derived from the Greek "megas" (great, large), and the Latin "raptor" (plunderer, thief)and "-idae" (family).
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References
• Benson RB, Carrano MT and Brusatte SL (2010) "A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic". Sci. Nat. 97(1): 71–78.
• Novas FE, Agnolín FL, Ezcurra MD and Porfiri JD (2012) "Megaraptorans as members of an unexpected evolutionary radiation of tyrant-reptiles in Gondwana". Ameghiniana, 49 (Suppl.): R33.
• Bell PR, Cau A, Fanti F, Smith ET (2015) "A large-clawed theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia and the Gondwanan origin of megaraptorid theropods". Gondwana Research.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2015.08.004.
• Novas FE, Agnolín FL, Ezcurra MD, Porfiri J and Canale JI (2013) "Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: The evidence from Patagonia". Cretaceous Research, 45: 174-215. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.001.
