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Lophostropheus Lophostropheus airelensis (Cuny and Galton 1993)
/ˌloʊfəˈstroʊfiːəs/
Late Triassic (Hettangian) · 205.7–199.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
France
Region
Basse-Normandie
Formation
Moon-Airel
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Lophostropheus airelensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 205.7–199.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Basse-Normandie, France. It was named by (Cuny and Galton 1993). 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 Lophostropheus airelensis sits in deep time
Lophostropheus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lophostropheus airelensis'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.