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Nanuqsaurus

Nanuqsaurus hoglundi Fiorillo and Tykoski 2014

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Nanuqsaurus hoglundi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Fiorillo and Tykoski 2014. 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 Nanuqsaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Nanuqsaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
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predator–prey
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predator–prey
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coexisted–with
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coexisted–with
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same–clade
Kank
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same–clade
Maip
Maip macrothorax
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same–clade
Joaquinraptor
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