Colymbus Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus (Shufeldt 1915)
/kˈɑːlɪmbəs/
estimated
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 (Dytes) oligocaenus sits in deep time
Colymbus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.