Yurgovuchia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Cervical and dorsal vertebrae of holotype UMNH VP 20211 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
Subfamily: | †Dromaeosaurinae |
Genus: | †Yurgovuchia Senter et al. 2012 |
Type species | |
†Yurgovuchia doellingi Senter et al. 2012
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Yurgovuchia (meaning "coyote") is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now the Cedar Mountain Formation. It contains a single species, Yurgovuchia doellingi. The remains were discovered in Utah, United States.