Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Noasauridae
Limusaurus
Limusaurus inextricabilis Xu et al. 2009
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 161.5–154.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Limusaurus inextricabilis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–154.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Xu et al. 2009. 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 Limusaurus sits in deep time
Limusaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Limusaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.