Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Theiophytalia kerri

Theiophytalia Theiophytalia kerri Brill and Carpenter 2007

/θˌeɪəfɪtˈeɪliə/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Colorado
Formation
Purgatoire
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Theiophytalia kerri is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Colorado, United States. It was named by Brill and Carpenter 2007. 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 Theiophytalia kerri sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Theiophytalia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Theiophytalia kerri'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.

coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus taqueti
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same–clade
Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
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same–clade
Probactrosaurus
Probactrosaurus gobiensis
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same–clade
Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
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