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Palaeonossax
Palaeonossax senectus Wetmore 1956
Late Cretaceous (Rupelian) · 31.8–29.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Palaeonossax senectus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 31.8–29.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Wetmore 1956. 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 Palaeonossax sits in deep time
Palaeonossax
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeonossax's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.