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Mwalau
Mwalau walterlinii Worthy et al. 2015
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Mwalau walterlinii is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Worthy et al. 2015. 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 Mwalau sits in deep time
Mwalau
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Mwalau's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.