Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes
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Namaortyx Namaortyx sperrgebietensis Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011
/nˌæmeɪˈɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Bartonian) · 41–37.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
Namibia
Region
Sperrgebiet
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Namaortyx sperrgebietensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 41.0–37.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Sperrgebiet, Namibia. It was named by Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Namaortyx sperrgebietensis sits in deep time
Namaortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Namaortyx sperrgebietensis'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.