Maip

Name: Maip ‭(‬named after a figure from Aonikenk mythology‭)
Phonetic: Mayp
Named By: Alexis M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Rolando,‭ ‬Matias J Motta,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnol�n,‭ ‬Makoto Manabe,‭ ‬Takanobu Tsuihiji‭ & ‬Fernando E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Megaraptora,‭ ‬Megaraptoridae.‭
Species: M.‭ ‬macrothorax‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to fragmentary nature of remains,‭ ‬but holotype roughly estimated to have been between nine and ten meters long.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Santa Cruz‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chorrillo Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.




       Maip is a genus of megaraptorid dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous,‭ ‬and going by the‭ ‬size of the fossil bones,‭ ‬potentially one of the largest megaraptorid dinosaurs so far discovered.‭ ‬The describing authors of Maip also considered the‭ ‬presence of potential attachment points of ligaments upon the ribs.‭ ‬These might indicate a more avian type of respiratory system as opposed to the classical reptilian system.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation‭ (‬upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian,‭ ‬Upper Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Santa Cruz Province,‭ ‬Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.‭ ‬Nueva Serie.‭ ‬21‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fernando E Novas,‭ ‬Federico Agnolin,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Alexis Mauro Aranciaga Rolando,‭ ‬Federico Briss�n Egli,‭ ‬Matias Motta,‭ ‬Mauricio Cerroni,‭ ‬Martin Ezcurra,‭ ‬Agustin G.‭ ‬Martinelli,‭ ‬Julia D'Angelo,‭ ‬Gerardo Alvarez Herrera,‭ ‬Adriel Gentil,‭ ‬Sergio Bogan,‭ ‬Nicolas Chimento,‭ ‬Jordi Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬Gast�n Lo Coco,‭ ‬Sergio Miquel,‭ ‬F�tima Fernanda Brito,‭ ‬Ezequiel Ignacio Vera,‭ ‬Valeria S Perez Loinaze,‭ ‬Mariela Soledad Fern�ndez‭ & ‬Leonardo Salgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
-‭ ‬A large Megaraptoridae‭ (‬Theropoda:‭ ‬Coelurosauria‭) ‬from Upper Cretaceous‭ (‬Maastrichtian‭) ‬of Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬12‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬Article number‭ ‬6318.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexis M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Rolando,‭ ‬Matias J Motta,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnol�n,‭ ‬Makoto Manabe,‭ ‬Takanobu Tsuihiji‭ & ‬Fernando E.‭ ‬Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022



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