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Leptorhynchos Leptorhynchos elegans (Parks 1933)
/lˌɛptɔːɹhˈɪntʃoʊz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Canada
Region
Alberta
Formation
Dinosaur Park
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Leptorhynchos elegans is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Alberta, Canada. It was named by (Parks 1933). The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Leptorhynchos elegans sits in deep time
Leptorhynchos
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Leptorhynchos elegans'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.