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Explorornis Explorornis nessovi Panteleyev 1998
/ɛksplˈɔːɹɔːɹniz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 93.9–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Uzbekistan
Region
Navoi
Formation
Bissekty
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Explorornis nessovi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 93.9–89.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Navoi, Uzbekistan. It was named by Panteleyev 1998. 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 Explorornis nessovi sits in deep time
Explorornis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Explorornis nessovi'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.