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Silhouette of Saurornitholestes

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

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
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.

predator–prey
Triceratops
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predator–prey
Alamosaurus
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predator–prey
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus annectens
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coexisted–with
Thescelosaurus
Thescelosaurus neglectus
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coexisted–with
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
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same–clade
Dryptosaurus
Dryptosaurus aquilunguis
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same–clade
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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same–clade
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis
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