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Litoripes Litoripes medius Harrison and Walker 1979
/lˈɪɾɔːɹˌaɪps/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Lutetian) · 48.1–41 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Litoripes medius is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 48.1–41.0 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by Harrison and Walker 1979. 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 Litoripes medius sits in deep time
Litoripes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Litoripes medius'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.