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Alectoris Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus 1758)
/ɐlˈɛktɔːɹˌɪs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Portugal, Spain, Monaco, France
Regions
Guadelejara · Leiria · Beja · Setúbal District
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Alectoris rufa is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Guadelejara, Portugal and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Alectoris rufa sits in deep time
Alectoris
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Alectoris rufa'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.