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Alectoris Alectoris graeca (Meisner 1804)
/ɐlˈɛktɔːɹˌɪs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Italy, Greece, Spain
Regions
Peloponnesus · Sicily · Chalkidiki
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
Overview
Alectoris graeca is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Peloponnesus, Italy and elsewhere. It was named by (Meisner 1804). The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Alectoris graeca sits in deep time
Alectoris
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Alectoris graeca'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.