Cyrtonyx Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould 1837)
/sˈɪətˌɑːnɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
Mexico
Region
Chiapas
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Cyrtonyx ocellatus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Chiapas, Mexico. It was named by (Gould 1837). 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Cyrtonyx ocellatus sits in deep time
Cyrtonyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Cyrtonyx ocellatus'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.