Diuqin

DV-1233 · type species Diuqin lechiguanae

Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Porfiri et al. 2024

Field notes

About Diuqin

Diuqin was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Diuqin, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation. It was named by Porfiri et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. D. Porfiri, M. A. Baiano, and D. D. dos Santos, F. A. Gianechini, M. Pittman, M. C. Lamanna. 2024. Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24:77:1-22