Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Cracidae
Silhouette of Ortalis leucogastra

Ortalis Ortalis leucogastra (Gould 1843)

/ɔːɹtˈɑːliz/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Ortalis leucogastra is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Gould 1843). 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 Ortalis leucogastra sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Ortalis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis vetula
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same–clade
Crax
Crax alberti
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same–clade
Mwalau
Mwalau walterlinii
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius molistructor
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