Halszkaraptorinae
Extinct subfamily of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Halszkaraptorines | |
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Holotype specimen of Halszkaraptor escuilliei | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Genera | |
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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. Following the recent discovery of Natovenator, a member of the subfamily, the group is believed to have a semiaquatic lifestyle.