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Dromaeosaurus

Dromaeosaurus albertensis Matthew and Brown 1922

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 110.1–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Dromaeosaurus albertensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 110.1–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Matthew and Brown 1922. The species is represented by 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~55%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Dromaeosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Dromaeosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Dromaeosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Triceratops
Triceratops horridus
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predator–prey
Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
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predator–prey
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus annectens
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coexisted–with
Thescelosaurus
Thescelosaurus neglectus
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coexisted–with
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
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same–clade
Murusraptor
Murusraptor barrosaensis
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same–clade
Erlikosaurus
Erlikosaurus andrewsi
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same–clade
Parvavis
Parvavis chuxiongensis
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