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Monophyletic taxon: Megaraptora Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67).

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas, 1998 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Defined by excluded taxon

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925) Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu, 1964 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
Neovenator salerii Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Generic clade

Megaraptora (Clade) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Current position

Tyrannosauroidea (Superfamily) Osborn, 1906 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4). [implicit]

Alternative positions

Neovenatoridae (Family) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2010 Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).
Tyrannosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).

Historical positions

Tyrannosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67), figs. 1, 4.
Neovenatoridae (Family) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2010 Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).
Neovenatoridae (Clade) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010 Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1f;6g;6s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Jan 2019 [; †1f;6g;6s]
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