Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1999. Tetrapod faunas from South America and India: a palaeobiogeographic interpretation. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Association 65A(3):427-437
Parent taxon: Dromaeosauridae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2020
See also Apesteguía et al. 2011, Currie and Paulina Carabajal 2012, Ezcurra 2009, Gianechini et al. 2011, Gianechini et al. 2017, Goianechini and Apesteguía 2011, Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2009, Longrich and Currie 2009, Makovicky et al. 2005, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2019, Novas et al. 2008, Porfiri et al. 2024, Porfiri et al. 2011, Senter 2007, Turner et al. 2007 and Williamson and Brusatte 2014
Sister taxa: Balaur, Bambiraptor, Daurlong, Dromaeosauroides, Eudromaeosauria, Halszkaraptorinae, Imperobator, Kuru, Luanchuanraptor, Microraptorinae, Nuthetes, Pyroraptor, Richardoestesia, Shri, Tianyuraptor, Variraptor, Velociraptorichnus, Wulong, Zhenyuanlong
Subtaxa: Austroraptor Buitreraptor Diuqin Neuquenraptor Rahonavis Unenlagia Ypupiara
Type: Unenlagia
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (11 collections), Brazil (2), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Madagascar (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences