Unenlagia Unenlagia

"half-bird"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Unenlagia 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (89 Mya)
Place
South America
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria

Unenlagia (meaning “half-bird” in Latinized Mapudungun) is a genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period. The genus Unenlagia has been assigned two species: U. comahuensis, the type species described by Novas and Puerta in 1997, and U. paynemili, described by Calvo et al. in 2004.

What we know

  • Named by Novas & Puerta, 1997.
  • Body length estimated at about 3.5 m.
  • Fossils found in South America.