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Colinus

Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus 1758)

Late Cretaceous (Late Pleistocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Colinus cristatus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). 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 Colinus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Colinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Penelope
Penelope purpurascens
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same–clade
Numida
Numida meleagris
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same–clade
Aepypodius
Aepypodius arfakianus
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum
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