Diuqin lechiguanae Diuqin
"bird of prey"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Diuqin 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
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.