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Lyrurus
Lyrurus partium Kretzoi 1962
Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 3.5–0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Lyrurus partium is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 3.5–0.8 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Kretzoi 1962. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lyrurus sits in deep time
Lyrurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lyrurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.