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Murusraptor Murusraptor barrosaensis Coria and Currie 2016

/mjˈʊɹɹəsɹˌæptɚ/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · 89.8–85.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
Argentina
Region
Neuquén
Formation
Sierra Barrosa
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Argentina. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Murusraptor barrosaensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–85.7 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Neuquén, Argentina. It was named by Coria and Currie 2016. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Murusraptor barrosaensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Murusraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Murusraptor barrosaensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Malarguesaurus
Malarguesaurus florenciae
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predator–prey
Kaijutitan
Kaijutitan maui
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predator–prey
Mendozasaurus
Mendozasaurus neguyelap
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coexisted–with
Elaltitan
Elaltitan lilloi
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coexisted–with
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
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same–clade
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus albertensis
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same–clade
Erlikosaurus
Erlikosaurus andrewsi
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same–clade
Parvavis
Parvavis chuxiongensis
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