Diuqin

Diuqin
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
3D scans of the holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Subfamily: †Unenlagiinae
Genus: †Diuqin
Porfiri et al., 2024
Species:
†D. lechiguanae
Binomial name
†Diuqin lechiguanae
Porfiri et al., 2024

Diuqin (meaning "bird of prey") is an extinct genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Diuqin lechiguanae, known from a humerus and fragmentary vertebrae.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.