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Halszkaraptorinae
Extinct subfamily of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halszkaraptorinae is a basal ("primitive") subfamily of Dromaeosauridae (or possibly Unenlagiidae) that includes the enigmatic genera Halszkaraptor, Natovenator, Mahakala, and Hulsanpes. Halszkaraptorines are definitively known only from Late Cretaceous strata in Asia, specifically in Mongolia. It is debated among researchers whether the group had a semiaquatic lifestyle.
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Halszkaraptorines | |
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Holotype specimen of Halszkaraptor escuilliei | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Halszkaraptorinae Cau et al., 2017 |
Type genus | |
†Halszkaraptor escuilliei Cau et al., 2017 | |
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