Ypupiara
Field photograph to come
Ypupiara
DV-1165
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- Brum et al. 2021
Field notes
About Ypupiara
Ypupiara was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ypupiara, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Serra da Galga Formation. It was named by Brum et al. in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. S. Brum, R. V. Pêgas, and K. L. N. Bandeira, L. G. Souza, D. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. A new unenlagiine (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Papers in Palaeontology 7(4):2075-2099