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Alexornis

Alexornis antecedens Brodkorb 1976

Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 85.7–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Alexornis antecedens is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–83.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Brodkorb 1976. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Alexornis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Alexornis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Alexornis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Gobihadros
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predator–prey
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predator–prey
Notocolossus
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coexisted–with
Niobrarasaurus
Niobrarasaurus coleii
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coexisted–with
Talarurus
Talarurus plicatospineus
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same–clade
Tratayenia
Tratayenia rosalesi
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same–clade
Alvarezsaurus
Alvarezsaurus calvoi
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same–clade
Achillesaurus
Achillesaurus manazzonei
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