Unenlagia
Field photograph to come
Unenlagia
DV-0408
- Lived
- 94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 2.4 m (8 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas and Puerta 1997
Field notes
About Unenlagia
Unenlagia was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 86 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Unenlagia, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Portezuelo Formation. It was named by Novas and Puerta in 1997.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
To scale
How big was Unenlagia?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas and P. F. Puerta. 1997. New evidence concerning avian origins from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 387:390-392