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Palaeocryptonyx
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani (Deperet 1890)
Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 4.2–0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 4.2–0.8 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by (Deperet 1890). The species is represented by 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~43%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Palaeocryptonyx sits in deep time
Palaeocryptonyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeocryptonyx's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.