Nedcolbertia
Encyclopedia
Nedcolbertia is a genus
of dinosaur
from the Early Cretaceous
Period. It was a 10 feet (3 m) coelurosaur which lived in North America
during the Barremian
. Kirkland, Britt, Madsen and Burge in 1995 reported its discovery in the basal Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah
. The type species, N. justinhofmanni, was described by Kirkland, Britt, Whittle, Madsen and Burge in 1998.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
from the Early Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
Period. It was a 10 feet (3 m) coelurosaur which lived in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
during the Barremian
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale between 130.0 ± 1.5 Ma and 125.0 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous epoch...
. Kirkland, Britt, Madsen and Burge in 1995 reported its discovery in the basal Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. The type species, N. justinhofmanni, was described by Kirkland, Britt, Whittle, Madsen and Burge in 1998.
Further reading
- Nedcolbertia in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia
- Kirkland, J. I. Biogeography of Western North America's Mid-Cretaceous Dinosaur Faunas: Losing European Ties and the First Great Asian-North American Interchange. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16(3), 45A (1996).