Neotheropoda

Theropoda is one of the three major clades of dinosaurs, alongside Ornithischia and Sauropodomorpha. Theropods, both extant and extinct, are characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. They are generally classed as saurischian dinosaurs, placing them closer to sauropodomorphs than to ornithischians. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores. Many members of the subgroup Coelurosauria were covered with feathers, and it is possible that they were also present in other theropods. In the Jurassic, birds evolved from small specialized coelurosaurian theropods, to about 11,000 living species, making theropods the only group of dinosaurs that remain.

Neotheropoda

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
neotheropodPBDB
Sits inside
TheropodaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Theropoda
Life habit
ground dwelling, solitaryPBDB, for Theropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Theropoda

Time the record covers

At least 227 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 12000 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 60 of 12000 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 60 of 12000 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 95 of 12000 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 321 of 12000 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 775 of 12000 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2364 of 12000 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 74 of 12000 occurrencesEocene — about 428 of 12000 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 204 of 12000 occurrencesMiocene — about 974 of 12000 occurrencesPliocene — about 613 of 12000 occurrencesPleistocene — about 4364 of 12000 occurrences242–234 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences234–226 Mya — about 5 occurrences226–218 Mya — about 18 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 19 occurrences210–201 Mya — about 17 occurrences201–193 Mya — about 38 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 14 occurrences185–177 Mya — about 7 occurrences177–169 Mya — about 13 occurrences169–161 Mya — about 85 occurrences161–153 Mya — about 61 occurrences153–145 Mya — about 218 occurrences145–137 Mya — about 91 occurrences137–129 Mya — about 61 occurrences129–121 Mya — about 238 occurrences121–113 Mya — about 230 occurrences113–105 Mya — about 134 occurrences105–97 Mya — about 164 occurrences97–89 Mya — about 166 occurrences89–81 Mya — about 359 occurrences81–73 Mya — about 710 occurrences73–64 Mya — about 1030 occurrences64–56 Mya — about 65 occurrences56–48 Mya — about 146 occurrences48–40 Mya — about 105 occurrences40–32 Mya — about 212 occurrences32–24 Mya — about 153 occurrences24–16 Mya — about 343 occurrences16–8.1 Mya — about 468 occurrences8.1–0 Mya — about 6829 occurrences227.3 Mya11.7 ka242 Mya0 Mya

12,000+ occurrences of Neotheropoda on record. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

12,000 occurrences read

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. The read hit its cap, so every figure above is a floor and the shares are of the occurrences read. More on what this infers.

Found in

at least 876 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.54°N, 107.08°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.45°N, 103.02°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.96°N, 106.46°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.65°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 107.18°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.50°WHell Creek — 47.65°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.63°N, 106.20°WHell Creek — 47.87°N, 106.18°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 104.16°WHell Creek — 47.10°N, 104.66°WHell Creek — 45.65°N, 103.62°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.06°N, 103.45°WHell Creek — 47.61°N, 106.90°WHell Creek — 45.73°N, 104.89°WHell Creek — 45.40°N, 103.65°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 47.05°N, 107.35°WHell Creek — 45.87°N, 103.79°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.98°WHell Creek — 47.73°N, 106.26°WHell Creek — 45.05°N, 101.97°WHell Creek — 45.23°N, 103.21°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WDinosaur Park — 50.74°N, 111.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.72°N, 111.56°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.60°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.33°WDinosaur Park — 50.13°N, 111.69°WDinosaur Park — 50.76°N, 110.02°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 51.95°N, 112.93°WDinosaur Park — 49.99°N, 111.42°WDinosaur Park — 51.44°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 51.47°N, 110.39°WDinosaur Park — 52.45°N, 109.17°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.30°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.27°WDinosaur Park — 49.20°N, 110.37°WDinosaur Park — 49.07°N, 110.45°WDinosaur Park — 48.03°N, 110.24°WDinosaur Park — 50.60°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 52.08°N, 112.98°WDinosaur Park — 50.84°N, 111.79°WMorrison — 41.89°N, 106.04°WMorrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 42.02°N, 106.05°WMorrison — 43.63°N, 108.20°WMorrison — 40.42°N, 109.21°WMorrison — 35.20°N, 107.13°WMorrison — 34.94°N, 107.13°WMorrison — 35.32°N, 106.94°WMorrison — 38.45°N, 107.40°WMorrison — 41.98°N, 106.14°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.08°WMorrison — 39.65°N, 105.19°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 44.54°N, 107.78°WMorrison — 44.65°N, 107.82°WMorrison — 38.73°N, 111.27°WMorrison — 42.16°N, 105.91°WMorrison — 36.90°N, 102.83°WMorrison — 40.53°N, 109.39°WMorrison — 36.93°N, 102.97°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 39.17°N, 109.25°WMorrison — 38.85°N, 108.48°WMorrison — 45.54°N, 110.62°WMorrison — 39.01°N, 110.37°WMorrison — 44.53°N, 103.83°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 39.32°N, 110.69°WMorrison — 40.09°N, 105.94°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.32°WMorrison — 40.44°N, 109.30°WMorrison — 41.80°N, 106.59°WMorrison — 39.08°N, 108.65°WMorrison — 44.23°N, 103.38°WMorrison — 34.94°N, 107.60°WMorrison — 40.50°N, 109.17°WMorrison — 43.65°N, 106.78°WMorrison — 44.09°N, 106.78°WMorrison — 38.71°N, 109.74°WMorrison — 38.84°N, 111.15°WMorrison — 44.63°N, 107.81°WMorrison — 38.86°N, 110.90°WMorrison — 44.02°N, 104.24°WMorrison — 39.95°N, 106.56°WMorrison — 40.49°N, 105.21°WMorrison — 35.52°N, 106.82°WMorrison — 42.63°N, 105.44°WMorrison — 35.43°N, 107.83°WMorrison — 35.56°N, 106.92°WMorrison — 44.05°N, 107.46°WMorrison — 40.46°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 38.25°N, 110.81°WMorrison — 37.34°N, 108.75°WMorrison — 45.22°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 44.09°N, 106.87°WMorrison — 37.53°N, 103.68°WMorrison — 39.16°N, 108.73°WSan Diego — 32.80°N, 117.26°WSan Diego — 32.90°N, 117.10°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.17°WSan Diego — 32.71°N, 117.08°WSan Diego — 32.57°N, 117.03°WSan Diego — 32.77°N, 117.20°WSan Diego — 32.76°N, 117.13°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.05°WSan Diego — 32.53°N, 117.05°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.49°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 50.69°N, 111.62°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.58°WOldman — 50.72°N, 111.40°WOldman — 50.47°N, 110.39°WOldman — 50.82°N, 111.58°WOldman — 50.74°N, 111.49°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.42°WOldman — 50.64°N, 110.91°WOldman — 50.73°N, 110.08°WOldman — 49.14°N, 112.58°WOldman — 49.28°N, 112.20°WYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 41.64°N, 107.65°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.17°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.44°N, 104.41°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 48.29°N, 105.84°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.07°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.37°N, 104.70°WLance — 43.42°N, 104.49°WLance — 45.48°N, 104.19°WLance — 45.35°N, 105.24°WLance — 44.94°N, 108.85°WLance — 42.88°N, 105.85°WLance — 44.09°N, 109.18°WLance — 43.03°N, 104.64°WHillgrove — 45.13°S, 170.97°ENemegt — 43.54°N, 99.60°ENemegt — 43.57°N, 100.48°ENemegt — 43.44°N, 100.37°ENemegt — 43.48°N, 100.36°ENemegt — 43.49°N, 101.28°ENemegt — 43.52°N, 101.05°ENemegt — 43.58°N, 100.44°ENemegt — 43.50°N, 101.05°ENemegt — 43.87°N, 100.01°ENemegt — 43.58°N, 107.78°ENemegt — 43.82°N, 99.98°ENemegt — 43.47°N, 99.83°ENemegt — 44.07°N, 102.67°ENemegt — 43.85°N, 100.14°ENemegt — 43.76°N, 99.90°ENemegt — 43.58°N, 107.69°ENemegt — 43.86°N, 100.23°ENemegt — 43.48°N, 100.46°ENemegt — 43.32°N, 99.83°EJiufotang — 41.50°N, 121.22°EJiufotang — 41.42°N, 120.18°EJiufotang — 41.49°N, 120.23°EJiufotang — 41.40°N, 119.98°EJiufotang — 43.64°N, 120.43°EJiufotang — 41.57°N, 120.16°EJiufotang — 41.57°N, 120.47°EJiufotang — 41.60°N, 120.42°EJiufotang — 41.25°N, 120.03°EJiufotang — 40.59°N, 119.58°EJiufotang — 40.65°N, 119.69°EJiufotang — 41.75°N, 120.00°EJiufotang — 41.12°N, 119.74°EJiufotang — 40.81°N, 119.80°EJiufotang — 40.91°N, 119.50°EJiufotang — 41.24°N, 119.40°EJiufotang — 40.59°N, 119.43°EJiufotang — 40.99°N, 119.68°EBannockburn — 44.91°S, 169.86°EBannockburn — 44.89°S, 169.84°EBannockburn — 44.88°S, 169.75°EMaevarano — 15.90°S, 46.58°EMaevarano — 15.93°S, 46.52°EMaevarano — 16.12°S, 45.74°EYixian — 41.80°N, 120.73°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.87°EYixian — 42.02°N, 125.06°EYixian — 41.37°N, 124.68°EYixian — 41.13°N, 121.14°EYixian — 41.57°N, 119.33°EYixian — 41.37°N, 121.42°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.84°EYixian — 41.88°N, 116.56°EYixian — 41.47°N, 121.19°EYixian — 41.24°N, 119.40°EYixian — 41.80°N, 120.78°EYixian — 41.60°N, 120.98°EYixian — 40.81°N, 119.80°EYixian — 39.88°N, 123.44°EYixian — 40.00°N, 116.67°EYixian — 41.47°N, 120.76°EYixian — 40.75°N, 120.83°EYixian — 40.65°N, 119.68°EYixian — 37.43°N, 122.06°EYixian — 41.59°N, 121.63°EYixian — 41.33°N, 119.13°EYixian — 40.64°N, 119.64°EYixian — 41.13°N, 121.70°EYixian — 41.42°N, 118.97°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 31.92°S, 21.52°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EVarswater — 33.00°S, 18.00°ETamiami — 27.34°N, 82.51°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WTamiami — 27.37°N, 82.45°WAguja — 29.14°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.20°WAguja — 29.23°N, 103.57°WAguja — 29.29°N, 103.55°WPisco — 15.58°S, 74.72°WPisco — 15.44°S, 74.87°WPisco — 14.56°S, 75.67°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.67°S, 74.54°WPisco — 14.33°S, 75.90°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.82°N, 112.98°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.54°N, 112.82°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.44°N, 112.70°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.93°N, 112.93°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.80°N, 112.95°WHorseshoe Canyon — 52.00°N, 112.88°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.55°N, 112.87°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.45°N, 113.55°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.46°N, 112.67°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.59°N, 112.82°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.65°N, 112.90°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.41°N, 112.63°WHorseshoe Canyon — 55.46°N, 117.42°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.26°N, 113.81°WHorseshoe Canyon — 51.49°N, 113.15°WHorseshoe Canyon — 53.34°N, 113.89°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.72°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WMonterey — 33.56°N, 117.71°WMonterey — 34.95°N, 120.14°WMonterey — 34.61°N, 120.44°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.16°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 44.98°N, 108.32°WCloverly — 46.34°N, 109.69°WCloverly — 45.20°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 45.36°N, 108.75°WCloverly — 43.22°N, 107.57°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 45.38°N, 108.26°WCloverly — 45.41°N, 108.04°WCloverly — 45.35°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 44.66°N, 107.89°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.83°N, 108.31°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.73°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.34°N, 108.08°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.27°N, 108.21°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.19°N, 108.09°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.06°N, 107.96°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.33°N, 108.05°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.28°N, 108.26°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.02°N, 107.64°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.23°N, 107.94°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.02°N, 107.80°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.18°N, 107.84°WFruitland/Kirtland — 36.10°N, 107.85°WFruitland/Kirtland — 35.97°N, 107.48°WPierre Shale — 49.18°N, 98.10°WPierre Shale — 49.22°N, 98.20°WPierre Shale — 49.14°N, 98.22°W

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The named rock units Neotheropoda has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. The read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 852 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 6,063 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

2,413 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,014 sites for Neotheropoda, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

at least 2,697 references

Each of the 12,000 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. That read hit its cap, so each count is a floor. 2,685 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Neotheropoda

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
CC BY 2.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Laser scan

Licence
No Copyright (US)
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Neotheropoda indet. · pefo:43909

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Bakker 1986