Maip
Maip is a genus of large megaraptorid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. macrothorax, known from an incomplete, disarticulated skeleton. Maip may represent the largest megaraptorid known from South America, and possibly the world.
| Maip Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Known material (A), reconstruction of the thoracic cavity at level of sixth dorsal vertebra (B), and interpretative drawing of the excavation (C) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Megaraptora |
| Family: | †Megaraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Maip Rolando et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †M. macrothorax |
| Binomial name | |
| †Maip macrothorax Rolando et al., 2022 | |
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