Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae
Eocarcharia
Eocarcharia dinops Sereno and Brusatte 2008
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Eocarcharia dinops is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Sereno and Brusatte 2008. 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 Eocarcharia sits in deep time
Eocarcharia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Eocarcharia's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.