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Kelmayisaurus

Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong 1973

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 137.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Kelmayisaurus petrolicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Dong 1973. 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 Kelmayisaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Kelmayisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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predator–prey
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
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predator–prey
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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coexisted–with
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus armatus
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same–clade
Tugulusaurus
Tugulusaurus faciles
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same–clade
Xinjiangovenator
Xinjiangovenator parvus
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same–clade
Sinornithoides
Sinornithoides youngi
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