Unquillosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Unquillosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
unranked_familia = Maniraptora
familia = Dromaeosauridae?
genus = "Unquillosaurus"
genus_authority = Powell, 1979
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "U. ceibalii" Powell, 1979 (type)

"Unquillosaurus" (meaning "Unquillo river lizard") is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Argentina. Known only from a single fossilized pubis (hip bone), its total body length may have reached 2-3 meters (6-10 ft).HyperWorks Reference Software (1999), " [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6475e.htm The Dinosaur Encyclopedia: "Unquillosaurus"] ", viewed September 19, 2007, http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6475e.htm .]

The type species is "U. ceibalii", described by Powell in 1979, and re-studied by Novas and Agnolin in 2004, who found that it likely belonged to the family Dromaeosauridae.Powell, J.E. (1979). ["On a dinosaur association and other evidinces of Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from the La Candelaria region, Salta Province, Argentina."] "Ameghiniana", 16(1-2): 191-204. (In Spanish: English translation by Matthew Carrano, SUNY at Stony Brook, 8/99).] Novas and Agnolin, (2004). "Unquillosaurus ceibalii" Powell, a giant maniraptoran (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina." "Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat.", n.s. 6(1): 61-66.]

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