Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Deinocheiridae
Deinocheirus
Deinocheirus mirificus Kielan-Jaworowska 1969
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Deinocheirus mirificus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore, omnivore. It was named by Kielan-Jaworowska 1969. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Deinocheirus sits in deep time
Deinocheirus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Deinocheirus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.