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Datos curiosos
Ypupiara was the first dromaeosaurid (raptor) dinosaur ever discovered in South America.1
Its only known fossil was a piece of upper jaw and lower jaw, which was destroyed in a fire at the National Museum of Brazil in 2018.1
Scientists only described and named Ypupiara in 2021, using photographs taken just before the fire.1
Ypupiara's teeth were fluted (had grooves) and lacked serrations, which is unusual for a raptor.2
The name Ypupiara comes from a Tupi word meaning 'the one who lives in the water', referring to a local water spirit.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Ypupiara
?How big was Ypupiara?
It was about 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) long from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail.4
?What did Ypupiara eat?
It mostly ate fish, using its long, skinny, hook-like teeth to catch them. It may also have eaten lizards and small amphibians.14
?When did Ypupiara live?
It lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs, between about 72 million and 66 million years ago.4
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Ypupiara
- Bautizado por
- Brum et al. 20215
- Grupo
- Raptores
- Familia / clado
- Dromaeosauridae5
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Dromaeosauridae5
- Idade das rochas
- de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)5
- Formacións rochosas
- Serra da Galga5
- Países
- Brasil5
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database5
- Descubrimento
- The fossil was found by Alberto Lopa in the 1950s in Brazil. It was stored at the National Museum of Brazil and only described as a new dinosaur in 2021 by Arthur Brum and colleagues, after the original specimen was lost in a fire.1
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure if another fossil called 'Lopasaurus' (a foot bone) belongs to the same species as Ypupiara, because the two fossils don't overlap in body parts.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Ypupiara (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new unenlagiine (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- Ypupiara lopai - Atlas Virtual da Pré-História (atlasvirtual.com.br)
- Brazilian paleontologists identify new carnivorous dinosaur : Revista Pesquisa Fapesp (revistapesquisa.fapesp.br)
- Ypupiara in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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