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Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes langstoni (Sues 1978)
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Saurornitholestes langstoni is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Sues 1978). The species is represented by 78 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~96%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 78 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Saurornitholestes sits in deep time
Saurornitholestes
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Saurornitholestes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.