Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Dromaeosauridae
Balaur
Balaur bondoc Csiki et al. 2010
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Balaur sits in deep time
Balaur
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Balaur's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.