Deltadromeus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian),
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Mounted skeleton cast with a speculative skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Abelisauroidea (?) |
Genus: | †Deltadromeus Sereno et al., 1996 |
Species: | †D. agilis
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Binomial name | |
†Deltadromeus agilis Sereno et al., 1996
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Deltadromeus (meaning "delta runner") is an extinct genus of controversial theropod dinosaurs from the Aoufous Formation (Kem Kem Beds) of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Deltadromeus agilis, known from multiple partial skeletons from the mid-Cretaceous period (mid-Cenomanian age), about 95 million years ago.
The classification of Deltadromeus has been in flux since its original description. In 2016, the South American megaraptoran Gualicho was noted to have many similarities with Deltadromeus. Other studies have considered it a ceratosaurian, potentially as a member of the family Noasauridae. It may be a junior synonym of the contemporary Bahariasaurus.
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