Dinosauria›Saurischia
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Ptychotherates Ptychotherates bucculentus Srivastava and Nesbitt 2026
/tˈɪtʃəðˌɜːɹeɪts/
estimated
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 205.7–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Chinle
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Ptychotherates bucculentus is a dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 205.7–201.4 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Srivastava and Nesbitt 2026. 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 Ptychotherates bucculentus sits in deep time
Ptychotherates
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ptychotherates bucculentus'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.