Megaraptora Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous | |
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Megaraptor | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avetheropoda |
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Megaraptora is a clade (not a family) consisting of theropod dinosaurs. They lived during the Cretaceous, with the last genera dying out during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The placement of Megaraptorans is uncertain, with some placing them as carnosaurs, and others more recently placing them as members of Tyrannosauroidea or basal members of Coelurosauria.