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Agriocharis Agriocharis progenes Brodkorb 1964

/ˈæɡɹɪˌɑːkɚɹˌɪs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 4.7–1.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Kansas
Formation
Rexroad
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Agriocharis progenes is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 4.7–1.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Kansas, United States. It was named by Brodkorb 1964. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Agriocharis progenes sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Agriocharis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Agriocharis progenes's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

same–clade
Meleagris
Meleagris leopoldi
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same–clade
Francolinus
Francolinus capeki
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same–clade
Pliogallus
Pliogallus coturnoides
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same–clade
Colymbus
Colymbus subparvus
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