Dinosaur genus

Nuthetes

Owen 1854

Nuthetes is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 143.1–137.1 million years old, in the United Kingdom and France.

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At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026

143.1–137.1 Ma

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by: Owen 1854
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high: PBDB and Wikidata agree.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Described in: A. S. Romer (1956). Osteology of the Reptiles, University of Chicago Press: 1–772.
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low: PBDB gives this publication for the name, but its author or year differ from the naming authority (Owen 1854): it may be a later work, such as one that renamed or redefined the genus.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
Type species: Nuthetes destructor
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Lived: Berriasian, 143.1–137.1 million years ago
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high: PBDB and NHM agree.
Omnisaura calculation143.1–137.1 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
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medium: Omnisaura's calculation from 4 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Fossils found in: United Kingdom
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high: NHM and PBDB both record it.
France
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low: Only one PBDB record.
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mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
Rock formations: Lulworth Formation
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high: NHM and PBDB both record it.
Wadhurst Clay Formation
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low: Only NHM gives this name and it matches no PBDB formation; awaiting an editor.
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mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
Family: Dromaeosauridae
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high: PBDB and NHM agree.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database; Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Parent group: Dromaeosauridae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Order: Saurischia
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medium: Only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Natural History Museum Data Portal. How it was chosen: Gap filled from NHM.
Known from: Bones
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
Held back: 3 fossil records left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf." or "?").
Resting on one source: 3 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): type species (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); order (NHM).

Size, diet and behaviour aren't covered yet. Omnisaura leaves them out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

1 open

Formations

NonePBDB
Wadhurst Clay FormationNHM

One source names a formation the other does not. An editor hasn't ruled yet, so this is rated low until they do.

Did it meet…?

Did Nuthetes meet ?

No. Nuthetes had gone at least 53.5 million years before Tyrannosaurus appears in the fossil record.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

Echinodon Owenodon

Same family

Other genera in Dromaeosauridae with a full profile.

Acheroraptor Achillobator Adasaurus Atrociraptor Austroraptor Balaur Bambiraptor Boreonykus Buitreraptor Changyuraptor Dakotaraptor Deinonychus Dromaeosaurus Hesperonychus Itemirus Microraptorand 14 more

Where its fossils were found

3 fossil sites, with present-day and ancient positions

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Cite this page

Omnisaura (2026). Nuthetes. Future Sailors. https://www.omnisaura.com/genera/nuthetes. Data as of 12 October 2026.

What's changed

11 Oct 2026
Added to Omnisaura.

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Pictures

28 openly licensed pictures of Nuthetes on Wikimedia Commons and museum sites, each with its own author and licence.

NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_07_0255
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0
NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_07_0255
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0
NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_07_0255
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0
NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_07_0263
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0

The rest are listed in the JSON download.

Credits

Where this page comes from

Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

Pictures linked from this page are credited beside each one, with their own licences; the full list is in the JSON download.