Nedcolbertia
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nedcolbertia 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- Utah, USA
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Nedcolbertia is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-aged) Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. The type and only described species so far is N. justinhofmanni, known from at least three partial skeletons.
What we know
- Named by Kirkland et al., 1998.
- Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
- Fossils found in Utah, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Nedcolbertia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.