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Lepidocheirosaurus Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis Alifanov and Saveliev 2015
/lˌɛpɪdˌɑːtʃɛɹəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · 168.2–165.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Russia
Region
Zabaykal'ye
Formation
Ukureyskaya
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 168.2–165.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Zabaykal’ye, Russia. It was named by Alifanov and Saveliev 2015. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis sits in deep time
Lepidocheirosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.