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Megaraptor
Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas 1998
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 93.9–85.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Megaraptor namunhuaiquii is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–85.7 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Novas 1998. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Megaraptor sits in deep time
Megaraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Megaraptor's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.