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Procrax

Procrax brevipes Tordoff and Macdonald 1957

Late Cretaceous (Priabonian) · 37–33.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Procrax brevipes is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 37.0–33.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Tordoff and Macdonald 1957. 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 Procrax sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Procrax
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Procrax's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Nanortyx
Nanortyx inexpectatus
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same–clade
Gigantibis
Gigantibis incognita
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx brevipes
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same–clade
Sobniogallus
Sobniogallus albinojamrozi
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