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Silhouette of Limusaurus

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

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
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.

predator–prey
Gongbusaurus
Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis
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predator–prey
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus lii
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predator–prey
Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis
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coexisted–with
Omeisaurus
Omeisaurus luoquanensis
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coexisted–with
Fushanosaurus
Fushanosaurus qitaiensis
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same–clade
Shishugounykus
Shishugounykus inexpectus
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same–clade
Haplocheirus
Haplocheirus sollers
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same–clade
Guanlong
Guanlong wucaii
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