Lagopus Lagopus muta (Montin 1781)
/ˈtɑːrmɪɡənz/
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Greenland, United Kingdom, Russia, United States
Regions
Virginia · England · Wales · Guadelejara
Dig sites
31
distinct collections
Overview
Lagopus muta is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Virginia, Greenland and elsewhere. It was named by (Montin 1781). The species is represented by 31 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~71%
well attested
Based on 31 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lagopus muta sits in deep time
Lagopus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lagopus muta'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.