Unenlagiinae
| Unenlagiines Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 94–70 Ma | |
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| Unenlagia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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
- ↑ "Unenlagiinae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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