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This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 September 2024. Megaraptora is a clade of carnivorous theropod dinosaurs with controversial relationships to other tetanuran theropods. Its derived members, the Megaraptoridae are noted for their large hand claws and powerfully-built forelimbs, which are usually reduced in size in other large ...
Megaraptor was initially described as a giant 8 metres (26 ft) long coelurosaur, known primarily from a single claw (about 30 cm long) that resembled the sickle-shaped foot claw of dromaeosaurids. [2] The discovery of a complete front limb, however, showed that this giant claw actually came from the first finger of the hand.
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.
Binomial name. †Australovenator wintonensis. Hocknull et al. 2009. Australovenator (meaning "southern hunter") is a genus of megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)-age Winton Formation (dated to 95 million years ago [1]) of Australia. Some specimens from the Albian -aged Eumeralla Formation may belong to Australovenator.
An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research.
Type species. †Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis. Azuma & Currie, 2000. Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui ") was a medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan. [1] Fukuiraptor is known from the Kitadani Formation [2] and possibly also the Sebayashi Formation.
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October 9, 2024 at 6:19 AM. (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Wednesday said she supported last month's outsized interest-rate cut but wants smaller reductions ahead ...