"Lopasaurus" Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Unenlagiinae |
Genus: | †"Lopasaurus" Brum et al. |
"Lopasaurus" is the informal name given to an undescribed genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from Late Cretaceous period of South America. The intended holotype was found in Serra da Galga Formation, a partial right metatarsus was found by Alberto Lopa during 1950s but the fossil was lost Llewellyn Ivor Price died in 1980 and it has not been found unfortunately. It was possibly belonging to Unenagiinae subfamily.