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Alectoris Alectoris chukar (Gray 1830)
/ɐlˈɛktɔːɹˌɪs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Alectoris chukar is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It was named by (Gray 1830). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Alectoris chukar sits in deep time
Alectoris
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Alectoris chukar's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.