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Kryptops
Kryptops palaios Sereno and Brusatte 2008
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Kryptops palaios is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Sereno and Brusatte 2008. 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 Kryptops sits in deep time
Kryptops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Kryptops's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.