Martharaptor
| Martharaptor Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous | |
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| Vertebrae, scapula, forelimb bones, and pelvic bones | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Therizinosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Martharaptor Senter et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Martharaptor greenriverensis Senter et al., 2012 | |
Martharaptor is an extinct genus of basal therizinosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah.[1]
Material and morphology
The holotype specimen includes fragments of vertebrae, a scapula, forelimb and hindlimb bones, and an ischium. It also includes well-preserved manual unguals. Manual and pedal morphology show that the specimen is distinct from other theropods from the Cedar Mountain Formation and from other previously described therizinosauroids.[1]
Classification
Phylogenetic analysis placed M. greenriverensis within Therizinosauroidea as the sister taxon to the Alxasaurus + Therizinosauridae group, although support for this placement is weak.[1]
The following cladogram shows the probable placement of Martharaptor within Therizinosauroidea.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Senter, P.; Kirkland, J. I.; Deblieux, D. D. (2012). Dodson, Peter, ed. "Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah". PLoS ONE 7 (8): e43911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043911. PMC 3430620. PMID 22952806.