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Unenlagiinae

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Unenlagiines
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 94–70 Ma
Unenlagiine skeletons to scale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: Unenlagiinae
Bonaparte, 1999
Type species
Unenlagia comahuensis
Novas & Puerta, 1997

Unenlagiinae is a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae. Unenlagiine dinosaurs are one of the most basal lineages of dromaeosaurids. Unenlagiines are known from South America, Antarctica and Madagascar.[1]

Among unenlagiines is one of the largest dromaeosaurids, Austroraptor (5.8 metres), as well as some of the smallest, Buitreraptor and Rahonavis.

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References

  1. ^ "Unenlagiinae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 July 2013.