Dineobellator
Field photograph to come
Dineobellator
DV-1099 · type species Dineobellator notohesperus
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Jasinski et al. 2020
Field notes
About Dineobellator
Dineobellator was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dineobellator, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Ojo Alamo Formation. It was named by Jasinski et al. in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. E. Jasinski, R. M. Sullivan, and P. Dodson. 2020. Dromaeosaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from New Mexico and biodiversity of dromaeosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous. Scientific Reports 10(5105):1-10