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Bonasa Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus 1766)
/bənˈɑːsə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~1.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
United States, Canada
Regions
Virginia · Maryland · California · Ohio
Formation
American Falls Lake Bed E
Dig sites
14
distinct collections
Overview
Bonasa umbellus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Virginia, United States and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1766). The species is represented by 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~47%
well attested
Based on 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Bonasa umbellus sits in deep time
Bonasa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Bonasa umbellus'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.