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Silhouette of Colymbus

Colymbus

Colymbus subparvus Miller and Bowman 1958

Late Cretaceous (Gelasian) · 3.6–1.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
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
Progura
Progura gallinacea
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same–clade
Latagallina
Latagallina naracoortensis
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same–clade
Tetrao
Tetrao conjugens
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same–clade
Lyrurus
Lyrurus tetrix
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