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Erectopus
Erectopus superbus (Sauvage 1882)
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 125.8–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Erectopus sits in deep time
Erectopus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Erectopus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.