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Ypupiara lopai

Osteichthyes - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Ypupiara lopai was named by Brum et al. (2021). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DGM 921-R (partial preantorbital portion of a right maxillary, with three teeth in loci, and a partial posterior portion of a right dentary). Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Ypupiara lopai Brum et al.
2023Ypupiara lopai Davis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeosauridae
subfamilyUnenlagiinae
genusYpupiara
specieslopai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ypupiara lopai Brum et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:04:18
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:04:18
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Ypupiara lopai (type locality: 51628)