Megaraptor a Tyrannosauroid?

[Yutyrannus]

Well, this is interesting...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667114000755

[Balaur]

There has been debate about this before this, so this is very interesting. I am unsure however which side to be on.

[Takama]

does this also mean that Australovenator Is a Tyrannosaur As well?

Think about it.   Australovenator was regarded as a close relative to Megaraptor, and there's not much skull material for it.

[Yutyrannus]

Probably, perhaps they are both relatives of Dryptosaurus.

[Balaur]

Probably, perhaps they are both relatives of Dryptosaurus.

If they are tyrannosaurs, then they would be relatives of Dryptosaurus.

[Takama]

according to Thomas Holtz, all members of Megaraptora  are supposed to be in Tyrannosauroidea

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So that would put it in with Dryptosaurus as mentioned and Appalahiosaurus , then also Australovenator. That would explain Yutyrannus to me personally a bit more as all these animals seem to be very similar.

[Yutyrannus]

In case anyone else hasn't seen this yet, here's the skull:

[Balaur]

That looks suspiciously like a tyrannosaur. I think now that they are tyrannosaurs.

[Yutyrannus]

Same here. It actually says that the front teeth are D-shaped in cross-section.

[Brontozaurus]

Interesting if true. There's a hip bone from Dinosaur Cove in Australia that has been proposed to be from a tyrannosaur; this could lend some support to that hypothesis.

[Dinoguy2]

In case anyone else hasn't seen this yet, here's the skull:

Just to be clear, the drawing is the juvi Megaraptor. The photo skull below it is Dilong, for comparison. http://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-megaraptor-mystery/comment-page-1/

[SpartanSquat]

Very interesting. Probably they are related to Dryptosaurids. But why these last have three fingers and the westerns only had 2?

[Yutyrannus]

In case anyone else hasn't seen this yet, here's the skull:

Just to be clear, the drawing is the juvi Megaraptor. The photo skull below it is Dilong, for comparison. http://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/the-megaraptor-mystery/comment-page-1/

Oh, I know.