Francolinus Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933
/fɹˈæŋkəlˌɪnəs/
estimated
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 capeki sits in deep time
Francolinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Francolinus capeki's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.