Callipepla Callipepla californica (Shaw 1798)
/kˈælaɪpplə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
California
Formation
San Pedro
Dig sites
19
distinct collections
Overview
Callipepla californica is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from California, United States. It was named by (Shaw 1798). The species is represented by 19 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~53%
well attested
Based on 19 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Callipepla californica sits in deep time
Callipepla
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Callipepla californica'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.