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Miophasianus

Miophasianus altus (Milne-Edwards 1871)

Late Cretaceous (Tortonian) · 16.9–11.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Miophasianus altus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 16.9–11.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by (Milne-Edwards 1871). The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Miophasianus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Miophasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Miophasianus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus americanus
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same–clade
Cyrtonyx
Cyrtonyx tedfordi
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx phasianoides
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx intermedia
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