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Ngawupodius

Ngawupodius minya Boles and Ivison 1999

Late Cretaceous (Chattian) · 27.3–23 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Ngawupodius minya is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 27.3–23.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Boles and Ivison 1999. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Ngawupodius sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Ngawupodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus mioceanus
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same–clade
Colymbus
Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus
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same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis tantala
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same–clade
Palaealectoris
Palaealectoris incertus
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