Ortalis Ortalis pollicaris Miller 1944
/ɔːɹtˈɑːliz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Burdigalian) · 18.5–16.3 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Ortalis pollicaris is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 18.5–16.3 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Miller 1944. 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 pollicaris sits in deep time
Ortalis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ortalis pollicaris's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.