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Appalachiosaurus Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. 2005
/ˌæpəˌleɪtʃioʊˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 85.7–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Regions
South Carolina · Alabama · Georgia
Formations
Blufftown · Demopolis Chalk · Coachman · Steel Creek
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from South Carolina, United States. It was named by Carr et al. 2005. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis sits in deep time
Appalachiosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.