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Silhouette of Francolinus

Francolinus

Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933

Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 5.1–0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Francolinus capeki is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 5.1–0.8 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Lambrecht 1933. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Francolinus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Francolinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Meleagris
Meleagris leopoldi
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same–clade
Agriocharis
Agriocharis progenes
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same–clade
Colymbus
Colymbus subparvus
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same–clade
Pliogallus
Pliogallus coturnoides
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