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Murusraptor barrosaensis - new megaraptorid dinosaur

In the Upper Cretaceous Sierra Barrosa Formation (Turonian-Coniacian) of Neuquén Province, in northwest Patagonia, Argentina, palaeontologists discovered a new species of megaraptorid dinosaur: Murusraptor barrosaensis. Although estimated to be somewhere between 6.0 and 6.5 meters in length, the specimen appears to have been immature. Researchers suggest it’s larger and slenderer than Megaraptor and comparable in size with Aerosteon and Orkoraptor. Megaraptora is a clade of medium-sized, large-clawed and highly pneumatized theropods. Credits Illustration of Murusraptor barrosaensis by Jan Sovak Research A New Megaraptoran Dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Megaraptoridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia Rodolfo A. Coria, Philip J. Currie PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157973