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Austroraptor cabazai

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Austroraptor cabazai was named by Novas et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MML-195, a partial skeleton (left femur, cranial material), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bajo de Santa Rosa locality (MACN), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Austroraptor cabazai Novas et al.
2009Austroraptor cabazai Longrich and Currie p. supplementary
2009Austroraptor cabazai Zheng et al.
2011Austroraptor cabazai Gianechini et al. p. 280 fig. 1
2011Austroraptor cabazai Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 183
2011Austroraptor cabazai Porfiri et al. p. 109
2011Austroraptor cabazai Turner et al. p. 7
2012Austroraptor cabazzai Agnolin et al. p. 36
2012Austroraptor cabazai Currie and Paulina Carabajal
2013Austroraptor cabazai Novas et al. p. 189
2014Austroraptor cabazai Hendrickx and Mateus p. 21
2017Austroraptor cabazai Gianechini et al. p. 2
2021Austroraptor cabazai Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 2
2022Austroraptor cabazai Rolando et al. p. 2
2023Austroraptor cabazai Davis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
subfamilyUnenlagiinae
genusAustroraptor
speciescabazai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Austroraptor cabazai Novas et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Austroraptor cabazai (141578) Dromaeosauridae indet. (type locality: 49557)