Santanaraptor
| Santanaraptor | |
|---|---|
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| Reconstructed skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | † Pantyrannosauria
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| Genus: | †Santanaraptor Kellner, 1999 |
| Type species | |
| †Santanaraptor placidus Kellner, 1999
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Santanaraptor (meaning "
Santana Formation thief") is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian-early Albian
), about 112 million years ago.
Discovery
The type species is S. placidus, first described by Kellner in 1999.[1] The species epithet refers to Placido Cidade Nuvens, who founded the Museu de Paleontologia da Universidade Regional do Cariri.
Description
The
Classification
Santanaraptor was originally thought to be a
noasaurids.[8]
External links
See also
References
- ^ Kellner, A. W. A. (1999). "Short Note on a new dinosaur (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) from the Santana Formation (Romualdo Member, Albian), northeastern Brazil". Boletim do Museu Nacional (Serie Geologia). 49: 1–8.
- ^ S2CID 245820672.
- ^ Kellner, A. W. A. (1996). Fossilized theropod soft tissue. Nature 379, 32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/379032a0
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-9910-9.
- ISBN 978-0691167664.
- ^ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2004). "Tyrannosauroidea". The Dinosauria (Second ed.). University of California Press.
- S2CID 133830150.
- PMID 34457333.