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Cyrtonyx

Cyrtonyx tedfordi Miller 1952

Late Cretaceous (Serravallian) · 16.3–12.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Cyrtonyx tedfordi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 16.3–12.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Miller 1952. 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 Cyrtonyx sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Cyrtonyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus americanus
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same–clade
Miophasianus
Miophasianus altus
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx phasianoides
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx intermedia
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