Gargantuavis Gargantuavis philoinos Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998
/ɡˈɑːɹɡɐntˌuːɐvˌɪs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Countries
France, Spain
Regions
Languedoc-Roussillon · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Castilla y Leon
Formations
Marnes Rouges Inférieures · Grès à Reptiles · Vitoria
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Gargantuavis philoinos is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Languedoc-Roussillon, France and elsewhere. It was named by Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gargantuavis philoinos sits in deep time
Gargantuavis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gargantuavis philoinos'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.