Coturnix Coturnix pectoralis Gould 1837
/kˈɑːɾɚnˌɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Australia, New Caledonia
Region
South Australia
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
Overview
Coturnix pectoralis is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from South Australia, Australia and elsewhere. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Coturnix pectoralis sits in deep time
Coturnix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Coturnix pectoralis'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.