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Miophasianus Miophasianus altus (Milne-Edwards 1871)
/mɪəfˈeɪsiənəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Tortonian) · 16.9–11.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Slovakia
Regions
Catalonia · Cataluña
Formations
Miocene Lower Continental Complex · Detritic-Carbonated Unit of Subirats
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
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 is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Catalonia, Spain and elsewhere. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Miophasianus altus sits in deep time
Miophasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Miophasianus altus'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.