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sharp-clawed runner
Ypupiara
Ypupiara lopai
Ypupiara ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Brazil.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Brum, A. S.; Pêgas, R. V.; Bandeira, K. L. N.; Souza, L. G.; Campos, D. A.; Kellner, A. W. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Brazil · Serra da Galga
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Unenlagiinae
The story in short
In 2021, A. S. Brum and colleagues published the name Ypupiara. The name means “the one who lives in the water,.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Brazil, including the Serra da Galga Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ypupiara at a length near 2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Unenlagiinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Austroraptor
Austroraptor cabazai
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Buitreraptor
Buitreraptor gonzalezorum
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Diuqin
Diuqin lechiguanae
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago