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Dromaeosauridae

Diuqin lechiguanae

"bird of prey"

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Diuqin 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Diuqin
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.
Diuqin reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Diuqin (meaning “bird of prey”) is an extinct genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Diuqin lechiguanae, known from a humerus and fragmentary vertebrae.

What we know

  • Named by Porfiri et al., 2024.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Diuqin — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.