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Silhouette of Teratophoneus

Teratophoneus

Teratophoneus curriei Carr et al. 2011

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Teratophoneus curriei is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by Carr et al. 2011. 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 Teratophoneus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Teratophoneus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

predator–prey
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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predator–prey
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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predator–prey
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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same–clade
Ornithoides
Ornithoides oshiensis
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same–clade
Ovoraptor
Ovoraptor djadochtari
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same–clade
Fenestrosaurus
Fenestrosaurus philoceratops
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