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Unenlagia comahuensis

Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae

Taxonomy
Unenlagia comahuensis was named by Novas and Puerta (1997). Its type specimen is MCF-PVPH 78 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Unenlagia type, Sierra del Portezuelo [MCF], which is in a Turonian/Coniacian terrestrial horizon in the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Unenlagia comahuensis Norell and Makovicky p. 15
1997Unenlagia comahuensis Novas and Puerta
1997Unenlagia comahuensis Padian p. 414
1999Unenlagia comahuensis Norell and Makovicky p. 8
2000Unenlagia comahuensis Burnham et al. p. 8
2002Unenlagia comahuensis Chiappe p. 456
2003Unenlagia comahuensis Calvo et al. pp. 82-83
2003Unenlagia comahuensis Rauhut pp. 32-33
2004Unenlagia comahuensis Norell and Makovicky p. 198
2004Unenlagia comahuensis Senter et al. p. 3
2006Unenlagia comahuensis Martínez and Novas p. 243
2006Unenlagia comahuensis Novas et al. p. 63
2007Unenlagia comahuensis Calvo et al. p. 534
2007Unenlagia comahuensis Porfiri et al. p. 27
2007Unenlagia comahuensis Turner et al. p. 9
2008Unenlagia comahuensis Machado et al. p. 310
2008Unenlagia comahuensis Novas et al.
2009Unenlagia comahuensis Longrich and Currie
2011Unenlagia comahuensis Gianechini et al. p. 279
2011Unenlagia comahuensis Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 171
2011Unenlagia comahuensis Porfiri et al. p. 109
2011Unenlagia comahuensis Turner et al. p. 31
2012Unenlagia comahuensis Candeiro et al. p. 225
2012Unenlagia comahuensis Candeiro and Harris p. 74
2012Unenlagia comahuensis Gong et al. p. 82
2012Unenlagia comahuensis Porfiri et al. p. R56
2013Unenlagia comahuensis Novas et al. p. 188
2014Unenlagia comahuensis Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2017Unenlagia comahuensis Gianechini et al. p. 2

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

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.

†Unenlagia comahuensis Novas and Puerta 1997
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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: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.50000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Argentina (Neuquén) Maniraptora indet. (type locality: 55272)