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UNENLAGIA
(u-nen-lag-ee-ah)
meaning: "Half bird"
Unenlagia
Named By: Novas in 1997
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 89 Ma
Location: Argentina
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Twenty bones
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Deinonychosauria | Dromaeosauridae | Unenlagiinae |
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Unenlagia (meaning "half-bird" in latinized mapudungun) is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.

The genus Unenlagia has been assigned two species: U. comahuensis, the type species described by Novas and Puerta in 1997, and U. paynemili, described by Calvo et al. in 2004.

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