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Scopelortyx

Scopelortyx klinghardtensis Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2015

Late Cretaceous (Bartonian) · 41–37.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Scopelortyx klinghardtensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 41.0–37.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2015. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Scopelortyx sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Scopelortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Scopelortyx's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Namaortyx
Namaortyx sperrgebietensis
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same–clade
Xorazmortyx
Xorazmortyx turkestanensis
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same–clade
Gigantibis
Gigantibis incognita
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same–clade
Litoripes
Litoripes medius
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