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Stenonychosaurus
Stenonychosaurus inequalis (Sternberg 1932)
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Stenonychosaurus inequalis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It was named by (Sternberg 1932). The species is represented by 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~43%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Stenonychosaurus sits in deep time
Stenonychosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Stenonychosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.