Dinosauria › Reptilia › Galliformes › Theropoda › Phasianidae
Coturnix
Coturnix pectoralis Gould 1837
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Coturnix pectoralis is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It was named by Gould 1837. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coturnix sits in deep time
Coturnix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coturnix's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.