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Palaeophasianus Palaeophasianus meleagroides Shufeldt 1913
/pˌæliːəfˈeɪsiənəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Ypresian) · 56–51.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Wyoming
Formation
Willwood
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Palaeophasianus meleagroides is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 56.0–51.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Wyoming, United States. It was named by Shufeldt 1913. 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 Palaeophasianus meleagroides sits in deep time
Palaeophasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeophasianus meleagroides'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.