Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Compsognathidae
Ornitholestes
Ornitholestes hermanni (Osborn 1903)
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Ornitholestes hermanni is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Osborn 1903). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ornitholestes sits in deep time
Ornitholestes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ornitholestes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.