| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Unenlagiinae
Taxonomy
Unenlagiinae was named by Bonaparte (1999). Its type is Unenlagia.
It was reranked as the family Unenlagiidae by Currie and Paulina Carabajal (2012), Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Currie and Paulina Carabajal (2012); to Paraves by Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Senter (2007), Turner et al. (2007), Novas et al. (2008), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Goianechini and Apesteguía (2011), Gianechini et al. (2011), Apesteguía et al. (2011), Porfiri et al. (2011), Williamson and Brusatte (2014), Gianechini et al. (2017), Jasinski et al. (2020), Porfiri et al. (2024).
It was reranked as the family Unenlagiidae by Currie and Paulina Carabajal (2012), Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Theropoda by Currie and Paulina Carabajal (2012); to Paraves by Novas et al. (2013), Novas et al. (2019); and to Dromaeosauridae by Makovicky et al. (2005), Senter (2007), Turner et al. (2007), Novas et al. (2008), Longrich and Currie (2009), Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009), Ezcurra (2009), Goianechini and Apesteguía (2011), Gianechini et al. (2011), Apesteguía et al. (2011), Porfiri et al. (2011), Williamson and Brusatte (2014), Gianechini et al. (2017), Jasinski et al. (2020), Porfiri et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Austroraptor, Buitreraptor, Diuqin, Neuquenraptor, Rahonavis (syn. Rahona), Unenlagia (type genus), Ypupiara
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Unenlagiinae Bonaparte |
| 2005 | Unenlagiinae Makovicky et al. p. 1007 |
| 2007 | Unenlagiinae Senter p. 437 |
| 2007 | Unenlagiinae Turner et al. pp. 9-10 fig. 5 |
| 2008 | Unenlagiinae Novas et al. |
| 2009 | Unenlagiinae Ezcurra p. 1342 |
| 2009 | Unenlagiinae Knoll and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 611 |
| 2009 | Unenlagiinae Longrich and Currie |
| 2011 | Unenlagiinae Apesteguía et al. p. 665 |
| 2011 | Unenlagiinae Gianechini et al. p. 279 |
| 2011 | Unenlagiinae Goianechini and Apesteguía p. 164 |
| 2011 | Unenlagiinae Porfiri et al. p. 114 |
| 2012 | Unenlagiidae Currie and Paulina Carabajal |
| 2013 | Unenlagiidae Novas et al. p. 197 |
| 2014 | Unenlagiinae Williamson and Brusatte p. 10 |
| 2017 | Unenlagiinae Gianechini et al. p. 12 fig. 8 |
| 2019 | Unenlagiidae Novas et al. p. 260 |
| 2020 | Unenlagiinae Jasinski et al. p. 6 fig. 3 |
| 2024 | Unenlagiinae Porfiri et al. p. 5 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
Subfm. †Unenlagiinae Bonaparte 1999
show all | hide all
G. †Rahonavis Forster et al. 1998
hide
†Rahonavis ostromi Forster et al. 1998
Invalid names: Rahona Forster et al. 1998 [replaced]
G. †Unenlagia Novas and Puerta 1997
hide
†Unenlagia comahuensis Novas and Puerta 1997
†Unenlagia paynemili Calvo et al. 2004
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. E. Novas et al. 2013 | elongate anterior portion of maxilla, large number of small and unserrated teeth, vertical pubis, dorsal margin of postacetabular blade of ilium concave, pedal phalanx II-2 with transversely narrow posteroventral keel, and ischium with deeply concave posterior end. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
| References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cenomanian | Brazil (Maranhão) | Dromaeosauridae indet. (56365) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (55364 225915) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Buitreraptor gonzalezorum (230159) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Maniraptora indet. (48174 55272) Neuquenraptor argentinus, Unenlagia sp. (49415) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Unenlagiinae indet. (88181) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Diuqin lechiguanae (235260) | |
| Campanian | Chile (Magallanes y Antártica Chilena) | Unenlagiinae indet. (228862 228864) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Austroraptor cabazai (141578) Dromaeosauridae indet. (49557) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Ypupiara lopai (51628) | |
| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Rahona ostromi, Rahonavis ostromi (25074) | |
| Maastrichtian | Colombia (Tolima) | Unenlagiinae indet. (95168) |