Kingdom Animalia Clade Dinosauria Superfamily †Therizinosauroidea Rank Species | Class Reptilia Suborder Theropoda Phylum Chordata Order Saurischia | |
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Genus †Martharaptor
Senter et al., 2012 Similar Therizinosaur, Jianchangosaurus, Falcarius, Ahshislepelta, Coronosaurus | ||
Martharaptor is an extinct genus of basal therizinosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah.
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Material and morphologyEdit
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.
ClassificationEdit
Phylogenetic analysis placed M. greenriverensis within Therizinosauroidea as the sister taxon to the Alxasaurus + Therizinosauridae group, although support for this placement is weak.
The following cladogram shows the probable placement of Martharaptor within Therizinosauroidea.
References
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