Cyrtonyx Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors 1830)
/sˈɪətˌɑːnɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Regions
New Mexico · Arizona
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Cyrtonyx montezumae is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from New Mexico, United States. It was named by (Vigors 1830). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Cyrtonyx montezumae sits in deep time
Cyrtonyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Cyrtonyx montezumae'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.