Colymbus Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902
/kˈɑːlɪmbəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Late Pleistocene) · ~5.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Colymbus portisi is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Tuscany, Italy. It was named by Regalia 1902. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Colymbus portisi sits in deep time
Colymbus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Colymbus portisi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.