Elopteryx
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Elopteryx
DV-0085 · type species Elopteryx nopcsai
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
- Found in
- Romania
- Named by
- Andrews 1913
Field notes
About Elopteryx
Elopteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Elopteryx, from Romania. Its fossils come from rocks including the Sînpetru Formation and the Râul Mare Formation. It was named by Andrews in 1913.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Alvarezsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. W. Andrews. 1913. On some bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Transslyvania. Geological Magazine, new series, decade 5 10(5):193-196