Diuqin
''Diuqin'' (meaning "bird of prey") is an extinct genus of unenlagiine theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a Monotypic taxon, single species, ''Diuqin lechiguanae'', known from a humerus and fragmentary vertebrae. Discovery and naming The ''Diuqin'' holotype specimen, MUCPv 1401, was discovered in sediments of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Neuquén Province of Argentinian Patagonia. The specimen consists of most of the left humerus and pieces of a sacrum, sacral and caudal vertebra, and other possibly vertebral fragments. It was Species description, described as a new genus and species of unenlagiine theropod in 2024. The Genus, generic name, ''Diuqin'', is Mapudungun for "bird of prey". The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''lechiguanae'', refers to Lechiguana, the witch in the 1975 Argentine film ''Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf, Nazareno Cruz y Lobo''. ''Diuqin'' represents the first une ...
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