Martharaptor
| Martharaptor Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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| Vertebrae, scapula, forelimb bones, and pelvic bones | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Therizinosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Martharaptor Senter et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Martharaptor greenriverensis Senter et al., 2012
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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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
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