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Lyrurus Lyrurus tetrix (Linnaeus 1758)
/lˈaɪɹʊɹɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~5.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Italy, Finland, Russia, United Kingdom
Regions
Auvergne-Rhône-Alps · England · Barany
Dig sites
22
distinct collections
Overview
Lyrurus tetrix is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Auvergne-Rhône-Alps, Italy and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 22 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~59%
well attested
Based on 22 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lyrurus tetrix sits in deep time
Lyrurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lyrurus tetrix'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.