Ypupiara

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.



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