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Nuthetes
Nuthetes destructor (Owen 1854)
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) · 143.1–139.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Nuthetes destructor is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–139.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Owen 1854). 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 Nuthetes sits in deep time
Nuthetes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Nuthetes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.