Dinosauria›Reptilia
Erlikosaurus Erlikosaurus andrewsi Barsbold and Perle 1980
/ˌɜːlɪkəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 93.9–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Baynshire
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Erlikosaurus andrewsi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–83.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by Barsbold and Perle 1980. 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 Erlikosaurus andrewsi sits in deep time
Erlikosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Erlikosaurus andrewsi'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.