| Maip Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Mario Lanzas' reconstruction of Maip macrothorax | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| clade: | Megaraptora |
| Family: | †Megaraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Maip |
| Species: | †M. macrothorax |
| Type species | |
| †Maip macrothorax | |
Maip is a genus of large megaraptorid described in 2022, in the Chorillo Formation which is of Argentina, this megaraptorid co-exists with some other dinosaurs like Carnotaurus, Puertasaurus, and an mammal named Patagomaia.
Description[]
Megaraptora is a theropod clade known from former Gondwana landmasses and Asia. Most members of the clade are known from the Early to Late Cretaceous (Barremian–Santonian), with Maastrichtian megaraptorans known only from isolated and poorly informative remains. The present contribution aims to describe a partial skeleton of a megaraptorid from Maastrichtian beds in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
This new specimen is the most informative megaraptoran known from the Maastrichtian epoch and is here in described as a new taxon. Phylogenetic analysis nested the new taxon together with other South American megaraptorans in a monophyletic clade, whereas Australian and Asian members constitute successive stem groups. South American forms differ from more basal megaraptorans in several anatomical features and in being much larger and more robustly built.
Maip is an evil entity from the Aonikenk mythology that represents “the shadow of the death” which “kills with cold wind”, and roams in the Andes mountains. The specific name, macro, derives from the Latin “big” and “thorax” refers to its wide thoracic cavity.
Maip made its first appearance in media in Dinosaur Superworld/Amazing Dinoworld 2.
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References[]
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09272-z
- https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/maip-macrothorax-argentine-palaeontologists-discover-remains-of-largest-raptor-dinosaur.html
- https://newatlas.com/science/megaraptor-largest-raptor-dinosaur-maip-macrothorax/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentine-scientists-discover-fossil-largest-raptor-dinosaur-2022-04-28/
- https://www.trtworld.com/americas/scientists-discover-fossil-of-largest-raptor-dinosaur-in-southern-argentina-56744
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/argentine-scientists-discover-fossil-largest-raptor-dinosaur-2654611
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