Dinosauria › Reptilia › Galliformes › Theropoda › Phasianidae
Meleagris
Meleagris leopoldi Miller and Bowman 1956
Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 4.7–1.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Meleagris leopoldi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 4.7–1.4 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Miller and Bowman 1956. 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 Meleagris sits in deep time
Meleagris
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Meleagris's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.