Coturnix Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus 1758)
/kˈɑːɾɚnˌɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Italy, Hungary, Greece
Regions
Sardinia · Palencia · Murcia · Castilla-Leon
Dig sites
28
distinct collections
Overview
Coturnix coturnix is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Sardinia, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 28 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~67%
well attested
Based on 28 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coturnix coturnix sits in deep time
Coturnix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coturnix coturnix'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.