Genus
Valid Extinct

Dineobellator

Jasinski et al. 2020

Dineobellator is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation of New Mexico, United States. The genus contains a single species, Dineobellator notohesperus, known from a partial skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Dineobellator
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Skeletal reconstruction of Dineobellator notohesperus gen. et sp. nov., SMP VP-2430, with known elements colored in white. Figured bones are as follows: fused distal caudal vertebra (A); middle caudal vertebra (B); caudal vertebra 1 (C); right femur (D); rib (E); right basipterygoid (F); left lacrimal (reversed) (G); right jugal (H); right humerus (I); right ulna (J); right metacarpal III (K); right manual ungual II (L); right metatarsal II (M); right metatarsal III. (N) Individual scale bars, 2 cm. Skeletal drawing based off work of Scott Hartman. © Steven E. Jasinski, Robert M. Sullivan & Peter Dodson · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
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Velociraptorinae Subfamily
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Dineobellator Genus
Measurements
Length
3 m ⓘ
Dineobellator notohesperus
Mass
60 kg ⓘ
Dineobellator notohesperus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Ojo Alamo
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dineobellator notohesperus 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗