Siats
Siats (/see-ats/) is an extinct genus of large theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. It contains a single species, Siats meekerorum. It was initially classified as a megaraptoran, a clade of large theropods with very controversial relationships. Siats may be a neovenatorid allosauroid, a coelurosaur of uncertain phylogenetic position, or a tyrannosauroid.
| Siats Temporal range: Cenomanian, | |
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| Skeletal reconstruction of known elements | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Tetanurae |
| Clade: | Orionides |
| Clade: | Avetheropoda |
| Genus: | †Siats Zanno & Makovicky, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Siats meekerorum Zanno & Makovicky, 2013 | |
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