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Miophasianus Miophasianus medius (Milne-Edwards 1871)

/mɪəfˈeɪsiənəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Tortonian) · 12.8–8.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Countries
Spain, Hungary
Regions
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén · Cataluña
Formation
Edelény
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Spain, Hungary. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Miophasianus medius is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 12.8–8.7 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by (Milne-Edwards 1871). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Miophasianus medius sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Miophasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Miophasianus medius'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.

same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus lufengia
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx joleaudi
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx intermedia
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx volans
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