Dinosauria › Reptilia › Theropoda › Spinosauridae
Oxalaia
Oxalaia quilombensis Kellner et al. 2011
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Oxalaia quilombensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Kellner et al. 2011. 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 Oxalaia sits in deep time
Oxalaia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Oxalaia's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.