Unenlagiinae

Unenlagiines
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 94–70 Ma
Unenlagiine skeletons to scale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: †Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily: †Unenlagiinae
Bonaparte, 1999
Type species
Unenlagia comahuensis
Novas & Puerta, 1997

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Unenlagiinae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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