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Coturnipes
Coturnipes cooperi Harrison and Walker 1977
Late Cretaceous (Ypresian) · 56–48.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Coturnipes cooperi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 56.0–48.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Harrison and Walker 1977. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coturnipes sits in deep time
Coturnipes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coturnipes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.