Genus
Valid Extinct

Unenlagia

Novas and Puerta 1997
Etymology Moitié oiseau

Unenlagia is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period. The genus Unenlagia has been assigned two species: U. comahuensis, the type species described by Novas and Puerta in 1997, and U. paynemili, described by Calvo et al. in 2004.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Unenlagia
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Size of Austroraptor cabazai compared to a human, a species of Dromaeosaurid Unenlagiinae who lived during the Cretaceous period in Argentina, more precisely in the Allen Formation. © Megaraptor-The-Allo · CC0 · Wikimedia
Unenlagia
Unenlagia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Unenlagiinae Subfamily
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Unenlagia Genus
Measurements
Length
3,4 m ⓘ
Unenlagia comahuensis  — min connu
3,5 m ⓘ
Unenlagia paynemili  — max connu
2,4 m ⓘ
Mass
67 kg ⓘ
Unenlagia comahuensis  — min connu
75 kg ⓘ
Unenlagia paynemili  — max connu
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Portezuelo
2
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Unenlagia comahuensis 94 Ma
Unenlagia paynemili 94 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
F. E. Novas and P. F. Puerta. 1997. New evidence concerning avian origins from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 387:390-392 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2004. On a new maniraptoran dinosaur (Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 62(4):549-566
F. E. Novas and P. F. Puerta. 1997. New evidence concerning avian origins from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 387:390-392 DOI ↗