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Silhouette of Iyuku

Iyuku

Iyuku raathi Forster et al. 2022

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 137.1–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Iyuku raathi is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Forster et al. 2022. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Iyuku sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Iyuku
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Iyuku's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Nedcolbertia
Nedcolbertia justinhoffmanni
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predator–prey
Utahraptor
Utahraptor ostrommaysi
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predator–prey
Xiyunykus
Xiyunykus pengi
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coexisted–with
Moabosaurus
Moabosaurus utahensis
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coexisted–with
Gastonia
Gastonia burgei
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coexisted–with
Euhelopus
Euhelopus zdanskyi
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same–clade
Cedrorestes
Cedrorestes crichtoni
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same–clade
Hippodraco
Hippodraco scutodens
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