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Falcipennis Falcipennis canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)

/fˈælsaɪpəniz/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~1.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Falcipennis canadensis is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Falcipennis canadensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Falcipennis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Centrocercus
Centrocercus urophasianus
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same–clade
Bonasa
Bonasa umbellus
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same–clade
Dendragapus
Dendragapus obscurus
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same–clade
Lagopus
Lagopus leucura
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