Martharaptor
EditWatch this pageMartharaptorTemporal range: Lower CretaceousVertebrae, scapula, forelimb bones, and pelvic bonesScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClade:DinosauriaSuborder:TheropodaSuperfamily:†TherizinosauroideaGenus:†MartharaptorSenter et al., 2012Type species†Martharaptor greenriverensisSenter et al., 2012Martharaptor is an extinct genus of basal therizinosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah.[1]Hand bones.Toe bones.
Material and morphologyEdit
The holotype specimen includes fragments of vertebrae, a scapula, forelimb and hindlimb bones, and anischium. 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.[1]
ClassificationEdit
Phylogenetic analysis placed M. greenriverensis within Therizinosauroidea as the sister taxon to the Alxasaurus + Therizinosauridae group, although support for this placement is weak.[1]The following cladogram shows the probable placement of Martharaptorwithin Therizinosauroidea.