Diuqin Porfiri et al. 2024 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: J. D. Porfiri, M. A. Baiano, D. D. Santos, F. A. Gianechini, M. Pittman and M. C. Lamanna. 2024. Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24:77:1-22

Parent taxon: Unenlagiinae according to J. D. Porfiri et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Austroraptor, Buitreraptor, Neuquenraptor, Rahonavis, Unenlagia, Ypupiara

Subtaxa: Diuqin lechiguanae

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Type: Diuqin lechiguanae

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Isthmus between Lago Barreales and Lago Mari Menuco (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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