Ortalis Ortalis tantala Wetmore 1933
/ɔːɹtˈɑːliz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Burdigalian) · 23.1–18.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Nebraska
Formation
Marsland
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Ortalis tantala is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 23.1–18.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Nebraska, United States. It was named by Wetmore 1933. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ortalis tantala sits in deep time
Ortalis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ortalis tantala'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.