Unenlagia

Unenlagia comahuiensis

Unenlagia — scientific reconstruction

Unenlagia (meaning "half-bird" in Latinized Mapudungun) 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.

Family
Unenlagiidae
Order
Saurischia
Period
Cretaceous (90.0–85.0 Ma)
Diet
Carnivore
Length
2.0–2.5 m
Weight
30–50 kg
Type locality
Portezuelo Formation, Neuquén, Argentina
Holotype
PVPH-76
PBDB
txn:65421

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