Siats


Siats
Temporal range: Cenomanian, 94.6 Ma
Skeletal reconstruction of known elements
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.[4]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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.