Colymbus Colymbus subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958
/kˈɑːlɪmbəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Gelasian) · 3.6–1.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
California
Formation
San Diego
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Colymbus subparvus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 3.6–1.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from California, United States. It was named by Miller and Bowman 1958. 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 subparvus sits in deep time
Colymbus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Colymbus subparvus'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.