Halszkaraptorinae

Halszkaraptorines Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75–71 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype specimen of Halszkaraptor escuilliei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae
Subfamily:	†Halszkaraptorinae Cau et al., 2017
Type genus
†Halszkaraptor escuilliei Cau et al., 2017
Genera
†Halszkaraptor †Hulsanpes †Mahakala †Natovenator †Ningyuansaurus

Halszkaraptorinae is a basal ("primitive") subfamily of Dromaeosauridae (or possibly Unenlagiidae) that includes the enigmatic genera Halszkaraptor, Natovenator, Mahakala, and Hulsanpes. Halszkaraptorines are definitively known only from Late Cretaceous strata in Asia, specifically in Mongolia. It is debated among researchers whether the group had a semiaquatic lifestyle.