Colinus Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
/kˈɑːlɪnəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
United States, Mexico
Regions
Florida · Virginia · New Mexico · Ohio
Dig sites
23
distinct collections
Overview
Colinus virginianus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Florida, United States and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 23 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~60%
well attested
Based on 23 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Colinus virginianus sits in deep time
Colinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Colinus virginianus'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.