| Murusraptor Temporal range: mid-late Coniacian
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| Reconstructed skull and skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Megaraptora |
| Family: | †Megaraptoridae |
| Genus: | †Murusraptor Coria & Currie 2016 |
| Species: | †M. barrosaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Murusraptor barrosaensis | |
Murusraptor ("wall thief") is a genus of carnivorous megaraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Sierra Barrosa Formation, part of the Neuquén Group of Patagonia, in Argentina, South America. It is known from a single specimen that consists of a partial skull, ribs, partial pelvis, leg and other assorted skeletal elements.[1]
- ^ Coria, R. A.; Currie, P. J. (2016). "PLOS ONE: A New Megaraptoran Dinosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Megaraptoridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". PLOS ONE. 11 (7). Journals.plos.org: e0157973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157973. PMC 4954680. PMID 27439002.