Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Numididae
Silhouette of Numida meleagris

Numida Numida meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)

/nˈuːmɪdə/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Numida meleagris is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Linnaeus 1758). The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~38%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Numida meleagris sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Numida
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Penelope
Penelope purpurascens
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same–clade
Aepypodius
Aepypodius arfakianus
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius eremita
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