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: | Avetheropoda |
Clade: | †Megaraptora |
Family: | †Megaraptoridae (?) |
Genus: | †Siats Zanno & Makovicky, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Siats meekerorum Zanno & Makovicky, 2013
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Siats (/see-ats/) is an extinct genus of large theropod dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member) of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, Siats meekerorum. It was initially classified as a megaraptoran, a clade of large theropods with controversial relationships. Alternative positions within the Neovenatoridae, Allosauroidea, and Tyrannosauroidea have also been proposed.