Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Odontophoridae
Silhouette of Oreortyx pictus

Oreortyx Oreortyx pictus (Douglas 1829)

/ˈɔːɹɪˌɔːɹɾɪks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Late Pleistocene) · ~0.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Regions
California · New Mexico
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Oreortyx pictus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from California, United States. It was named by (Douglas 1829). 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 Oreortyx pictus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Oreortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Oreortyx pictus'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
Penelope
Penelope purpurascens
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same–clade
Numida
Numida meleagris
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same–clade
Aepypodius
Aepypodius arfakianus
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum
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