Colinus Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus 1758)
/kˈɑːlɪnəs/
estimated
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 cristatus sits in deep time
Colinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Colinus cristatus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.