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Lepidus

Lepidus praecisio Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015

Late Triassic (Norian) · 227.3–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Lepidus praecisio is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–205.7 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Nesbitt and Ezcurra 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Lepidus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Lepidus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus gracilis
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predator–prey
Efraasia
Efraasia minor
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predator–prey
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus engelhardti
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coexisted–with
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus trossingensis
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coexisted–with
Krzyzanowskisaurus
Krzyzanowskisaurus hunti
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same–clade
Protoavis
Protoavis texensis
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same–clade
Velocipes
Velocipes guerichi
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same–clade
Zupaysaurus
Zupaysaurus rougieri
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