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Dinosaur: Unenlagia comahuensis
| Length*: | 3.4 m | 11.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 67 kg | 148 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Turonian-Coniacian
Years: 93.9–86.3 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Novas & Puerta
Year: 1997
Distribution
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Neuquén
Formation: Portezuelo
Locations
Sources
Material: Partial skeleton (dorsal vertebrae, ribs, sacrum, 2 chevrons, scapula, incomplete humerus, ilia, pubes, ischium, femur, tibia) without skull.
References: Gianechini & Apesteguiia, (2011). Unenlagiinae revisited: Dromaeosaurid theropods from South America.
