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Itemirus Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov 1976
/ˈaɪɾəmˌɜːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 93.9–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Uzbekistan
Region
Navoi
Formation
Bissekty
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Itemirus medullaris is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Navoi, Uzbekistan. It was named by Kurzanov 1976. 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 Itemirus medullaris sits in deep time
Itemirus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Itemirus medullaris'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.