Numida Numida meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
/nˈuːmɪdə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Madagascar, Sudan
Regions
Beanka · Toliara
Formation
Nubia
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Numida meleagris is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Beanka, Madagascar and elsewhere. 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%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Numida meleagris sits in deep time
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. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.