Name: Ypupiara
(the one who lives in the water).
Named By: Arthur S. Brum, Rodrigo V. P�gas,
Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Lucy G. Souza, Diogenes A. Campos
& Alexander W. A. Kellner - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae, Unenlagiinae.
Species: Y. lopai (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil -Mar�lia Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Right maxilla and dentary
(holotype destroyed in a fire).
Ypupiara
is a genus of dromaeosaurid
dinosaur that lived in South America during
the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new Unenlagiinae (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Late
Cretaceous of Brazil. - Papers in Palaeontology vol 7, issue
4. - Arthur S. Brum, Rodrigo V. P�gas, Kamila L. N.
Bandeira, Lucy G. Souza, Diogenes A. Campos &
Alexander W. A. Kellner - 2021.