| Siats Temporal range: Cenomanian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Tetanurae |
| Clade: | Orionides |
| Clade: | Avetheropoda |
| Genus: | †Siats Zanno & Makovicky, 2013 |
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| †Siats meekerorum Zanno & Makovicky, 2013
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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.[1][2] It was initially classified as a megaraptoran, a clade of large theropods with very controversial relationships. Siats may be a neovenatorid allosauroid,[1] a coelurosaur of uncertain phylogenetic position,[3] or a tyrannosauroid. Recent studies suggest however a carcharodontosaurid classification.[4]
- ^ a b Zanno, L. E.; Makovicky, P. J. (2013). "Neovenatorid theropods are apex predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America". Nature Communications. 4: 2827. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.2827Z. doi:10.1038/ncomms3827. PMID 24264527.
- ^ Noto, Christopher R.; d'Amore, Domenic C.; Drumheller, Stephanie K.; Adams, Thomas L. (2022). "A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems". PeerJ. 10: e12782. doi:10.7717/peerj.12782. PMC 8796713. PMID 35127286.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Naish, D.; Cau, A. (July 2022). "The osteology and affinities of Eotyrannus lengi, a tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wealden Supergroup of southern England". PeerJ. 10: e12727. doi:10.7717/peerj.12727. PMC 9271276. PMID 35821895.