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Erectopus Erectopus superbus (Sauvage 1882)
/ɪɹˈɛktɑːpəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 125.8–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Countries
France, Portugal
Regions
Champagne-Ardenne · Lorraine · Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Formations
La Penthiève Beds · Papo Seco
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Erectopus superbus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Champagne-Ardenne, France and elsewhere. It was named by (Sauvage 1882). The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Erectopus superbus sits in deep time
Erectopus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Erectopus superbus'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.