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Rapator Rapator ornitholestoides Huene 1932

/ɹæpˈeɪɾɚ/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 100.5–93.9 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
Australia
Region
New South Wales
Formation
Griman Creek
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Australia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Rapator ornitholestoides is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–93.9 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from New South Wales, Australia. It was named by Huene 1932. 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 Rapator ornitholestoides sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Rapator
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Rapator ornitholestoides'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.

predator–prey
Fulgurotherium
Fulgurotherium australe
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predator–prey
Weewarrasaurus
Weewarrasaurus pobeni
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predator–prey
Fostoria
Fostoria dhimbangunmal
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coexisted–with
Tenontosaurus
Tenontosaurus tilletti
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coexisted–with
Sauropelta
Sauropelta edwardsorum
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coexisted–with
Eolambia
Eolambia caroljonesa
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coexisted–with
Asiaceratops
Asiaceratops salsopaludalis
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coexisted–with
Sauroposeidon
Sauroposeidon proteles
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