Balaur Balaur bondoc Csiki et al. 2010
/bˈælɔːɹ/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Romania
Regions
Hunedoara · Alba
Formations
Densuș-Ciula · Sebeş
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Balaur bondoc is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Hunedoara, Romania. It was named by Csiki et al. 2010. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Balaur bondoc sits in deep time
Balaur
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Balaur bondoc'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.