Dinosauria › Reptilia › Galliformes › Theropoda › Phasianidae
Gallus
Gallus europaeus Harrison 1978
Late Cretaceous (Chibanian) · 0.8–0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Gallus europaeus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 0.8–0.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Harrison 1978. 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 Gallus sits in deep time
Gallus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gallus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.