Diuqin
Diuqin was a feathered, bird-like dinosaur that lived about 85 million years ago in what is now Argentina. It was a fast, meat-eating hunter with sharp claws and a beak. Scientists only know it from a few bones, but those bones tell an exciting story!1
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Diuqin belongs to a group called unenlagiines, which were bird-like raptors with long arms and feathers.1
Its name comes from the Mapuche language and means 'bird of prey'.1
The only known Diuqin fossil was found on a narrow strip of land between two lakes in Argentina.1
Diuqin lived during the Santonian age, about 85 million years ago, filling a 15-million-year gap in the fossil record of its group.1
The humerus bone of Diuqin has small round holes that scientists think were bite marks from a crocodile, mammal, or another dinosaur.1
Diuqin is known from only a few bones: parts of the backbone, a nearly complete left upper arm bone, and a few fragments.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Diuqin
?What did Diuqin eat?
Diuqin was a meat-eating hunter, so it ate other animals. Its sharp claws and beak helped it catch prey.3
?How big was Diuqin?
Scientists don't know exactly because only a few bones have been found. It was probably small and bird-like, but its full size is still a guess.3
?Did Diuqin have feathers?
Yes, Diuqin was a feathered dinosaur. It belonged to a group of bird-like raptors that had long arms and feathers.3
?Where was Diuqin found?
Diuqin was found in Argentina, on a narrow strip of land between two lakes in Patagonia. It lived there about 85 million years ago.3
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Diuqin
- Benoem deur
- Porfiri et al. 20244
- Groep
- Raptors
- Familie / klade
- Dromaeosauridae4
- Klassifikasie
- Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae4
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 86 tot 84 miljoen jaar (Santonian)4
- Rotsformasies
- Bajo de la Carpa4
- Lande
- Argentinië4
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
- Ontdekking
- Diuqin was named in 2024 by a team of scientists including J. D. Porfiri. The fossil was found on an isthmus between Lago Barreales and Lago Mari Menuco in Neuquén Province, Argentina.1
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure exactly where Diuqin fits on the dinosaur family tree. It might be a type of unenlagiine, but some studies place it in other groups.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina | BMC Ecology and Evolution | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
- Diuqin lechiguanae | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Diuqin (en.wikipedia.org)
- Diuqin in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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