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Enaliornis Enaliornis barretti (Seeley 1866)

/ɛnˈælɪɹniz/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 106.3–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Environment
marine

Where It Was Found

Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Gault
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United Kingdom. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Enaliornis barretti is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 106.3–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Its remains come from marine deposits. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by (Seeley 1866). 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 Enaliornis barretti sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Enaliornis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Enaliornis barretti'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.

predator–prey
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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predator–prey
Normanniasaurus
Normanniasaurus genceyi
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predator–prey
Vectidromeus
Vectidromeus insularis
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coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
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coexisted–with
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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coexisted–with
Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
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same–clade
Tiantaisaurus
Tiantaisaurus sifengensis
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