Unenlagia

Unenlagia (meaning "half-bird" in Latinized Mapudungun) is a genus of dromaeosaurid 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.

Unenlagia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Illustration of known material of U. comahuensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: Unenlagiinae
Genus: Unenlagia
Novas & Puerta, 1997
Species
  • U. comahuensis Novas & Puerta, 1997 (type)
  • U. paynemili Calvo, Porfiri & Kellner, 2004
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