Gallus Gallus gallus (Linnaeus 1758)
/ɡˈæləs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Tonga
Regions
Vava'u · Efate · Hawaii · San Salvador
Dig sites
81
distinct collections
Overview
Gallus gallus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Vava’u, Solomon Islands and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 83 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~96%
well attested
Based on 83 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gallus gallus sits in deep time
Gallus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gallus gallus'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.