Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Cracidae
Silhouette of Crax alberti

Crax Crax alberti Fraser 1852

/kɹˈæks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Crax alberti is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Fraser 1852. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Crax alberti sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Crax
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Crax alberti's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis vetula
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same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis leucogastra
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same–clade
Mwalau
Mwalau walterlinii
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius molistructor
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