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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
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences 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.