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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

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
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.

same–clade
Progura
Progura campestris
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same–clade
Garrdimalga
Garrdimalga mcnamarai
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same–clade
Latagallina
Latagallina olsoni
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same–clade
Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus
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