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Alcmonavis Alcmonavis poeschli Rauhut et al. 2019

/ˈælkmənˌævɪs/ estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 149.2–145.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
Germany
Region
Bayern
Formation
Mörnsheim
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Germany. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Alcmonavis poeschli is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 149.2–145.1 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Bayern, Germany. It was named by Rauhut et al. 2019. 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 Alcmonavis poeschli sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Alcmonavis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Alcmonavis poeschli'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.

coexisted–with
Giraffatitan
Giraffatitan brancai
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coexisted–with
Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
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coexisted–with
Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus excelsus
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coexisted–with
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus grandis
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coexisted–with
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
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same–clade
Jurapteryx
Jurapteryx recurva
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same–clade
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi
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same–clade
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx lithographica
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