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Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Early Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 152.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Richardoestesia gilmorei is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 152.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Currie et al. 1990. The species is represented by 58 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~90%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 58 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Richardoestesia sits in deep time
Richardoestesia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Richardoestesia's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.