Dinosauria › Reptilia › Galliformes › Theropoda › Megapodiidae
Leipoa
Leipoa ocellata Gould 1840
Late Cretaceous (Late Pleistocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Leipoa ocellata is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Gould 1840. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Leipoa sits in deep time
Leipoa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Leipoa's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.