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Silhouette of Colymbus

Colymbus

Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus (Shufeldt 1915)

Late Cretaceous (Chattian) · 33.9–23 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 33.9–23.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Shufeldt 1915). 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 Colymbus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Colymbus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx brevipes
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same–clade
Sobniogallus
Sobniogallus albinojamrozi
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same–clade
Paraortyx
Paraortyx lorteti
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same–clade
Palaeonossax
Palaeonossax senectus
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