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Microvenator

Microvenator celer Ostrom 1970

Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 121.4–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Microvenator celer is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–93.9 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It was named by Ostrom 1970. 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 Microvenator sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Microvenator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Microvenator's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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coexisted–with
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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coexisted–with
Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
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coexisted–with
Sauroposeidon
Sauroposeidon proteles
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same–clade
Deinonychus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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same–clade
Acrocanthosaurus
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
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same–clade
Australovenator
Australovenator wintonensis
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