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456 / Mesozoic
Kulindadromeus
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus
Scales, simple filaments and branching feather-like structures covered one small herbivore.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 168–166 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Jurassic
- Geographic range
- Lakeshore woodland · Siberia, Russia
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Kulindadromeus?
Kulindadromeus (Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus) was an extinct organism known from About 168–166 million years ago, with a range in Lakeshore woodland · Siberia, Russia.
Life and ecology
It ran bipedally and cropped low plants; body coverings insulated and displayed.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Kulindadromeus disappear?
Changes in Jurassic lakes and small ornithischian faunas are possible context, but they do not establish why it disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Kulindadromeus?
Numerous skeletons and skin impressions directly preserve multiple coverings.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS