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Velocisaurus Velocisaurus unicus Bonaparte 1991
/vəlˌɑːsɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 85.7–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Regions
Neuquén · Río Negro
Formation
Bajo de la Carpa
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Velocisaurus unicus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–83.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Neuquén, Argentina. It was named by Bonaparte 1991. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Velocisaurus unicus sits in deep time
Velocisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Velocisaurus unicus'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.