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Neuquenraptor argentinus
Taxonomy
Neuquenraptor argentinus was named by Novas and Pol (2005). Its type specimen is MCF-PVPH 77. Its type locality is Neuquenraptor type, Sierra del Portezuelo [MCF], which is in a Turonian/Coniacian terrestrial horizon in the Portezuelo Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Neuquenraptor.
It was synonymized subjectively with Unenlagia comahuensis by Turner et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Unenlagia comahuensis by Turner et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas and Pol pp. 858-859 fig. 1 |
| 2006 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Martínez and Novas p. 243 |
| 2006 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas et al. p. 63 |
| 2007 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Porfiri et al. p. 27 |
| 2008 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas et al. |
| 2009 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Longrich and Currie |
| 2011 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Apesteguía et al. p. 666 |
| 2011 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Gianechini et al. p. 279 |
| 2011 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 180 |
| 2011 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Porfiri et al. p. 109 |
| 2011 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Turner et al. p. 46 |
| 2012 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Porfiri et al. p. R56 |
| 2013 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas et al. p. 188 |
| 2014 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Delcourt and Grillo p. 313 |
| 2015 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Parsons and Parsons p. 3 |
| 2017 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Brissón Egli et al. p. 550 |
| 2017 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Gianechini et al. p. 2 |
| 2021 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas et al. p. 2743 |
| 2023 | Neuquenraptor argentinus Davis et al. |
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†Neuquenraptor argentinus Novas and Pol 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Brissón Egli et al. 2017 | Mid-sized unenlagiid theropod (Table 1) with the following combination of characters (autapomorphies marked with an asterisk): deep and wide extensor sulcus on proximal half of metatarsus; metatarsal III proximally pinched; metatarsal II with lateral expansion over the caudal surface of metatarsal III*; distal third of the medial surface of the metatarsal II is obliquely oriented and is delimited from the caudal surface of the metatarsal shaft by the subtle distal end of the plantar crest* distal third of metatarsal IV transversely wide*; pedal digit II with phalanges 1 and 2 sub-equal in length* and well-developed medial bump on pedal phalanx IV-3*. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Holtz et al. 2000 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Maniraptora indet. (type locality: 48174) Neuquenraptor argentinus (49415) |