English: Dineobellator notohesperus Jasinski et al., 2020

Systematics: Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Eumaniraptora Dromaeosauridae Velocirpatorinae Size: 2.5 m Type Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation (Early Maastrichtian) New Mexico, US Type Specimen: SMP VP-2430, disarticulated skeletal elements

This is a newly described species of Velociraptorine from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico. It is known from small bits of the skull and postcranial skeleton, including the ulna showing quill knobs, an indication of the presence of feathers.

March 29, 2020

References:

Jasinski, S.E., Sullivan, R.M. & Dodson, P. New Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from New Mexico and Biodiversity of Dromaeosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous. Sci Rep 10, 5105 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61480-7

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