Dinosauria›Reptilia
Suskityrannus Suskityrannus hazelae Nesbitt et al. 2019
/sˈʌskɪtˌɪɹænəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 93.9–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
New Mexico
Formation
Moreno Hill
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Suskityrannus hazelae is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by Nesbitt et al. 2019. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Suskityrannus hazelae sits in deep time
Suskityrannus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Suskityrannus hazelae's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.