Unenlagiinae
Appearance
Unenlagiines Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous,
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Unenlagiine skeletons to scale | |
Scientific 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
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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.
Genera
See also
References
- ^ "Unenlagiinae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 July 2013.