Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Odontophoridae
Silhouette of Colinus suilium

Colinus Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959

/kˈɑːlɪnəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Late Pleistocene) · ~4.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Colinus suilium is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Brodkorb 1959. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Colinus suilium sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Colinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Palaeocryptonyx
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani
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same–clade
Lyrurus
Lyrurus partium
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same–clade
Progura
Progura gallinacea
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same–clade
Latagallina
Latagallina naracoortensis
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