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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
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.