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Tanycolagreus

Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Carpenter et al. 2005

Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 154.8–143.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Tanycolagreus topwilsoni is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–143.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Carpenter et al. 2005. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Tanycolagreus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Tanycolagreus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Giraffatitan
Giraffatitan brancai
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predator–prey
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
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predator–prey
Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus excelsus
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coexisted–with
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus grandis
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coexisted–with
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
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same–clade
Ornitholestes
Ornitholestes hermanni
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same–clade
Stokesosaurus
Stokesosaurus clevelandi
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same–clade
Coelurus
Coelurus fragilis
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