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Protathlitis Protathlitis cinctorrensis Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023
/pɹˌoʊɾɐθlˈaɪɾɪs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Spain
Region
Castellón
Formation
Arcillas de Morella
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Protathlitis cinctorrensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Castellón, Spain. It was named by Santos-Cubedo et al. 2023. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Protathlitis cinctorrensis sits in deep time
Protathlitis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Protathlitis cinctorrensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.