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Palaeortyx

Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966

Late Cretaceous (Piacenzian) · 23–2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Palaeortyx intermedia is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 23.0–2.6 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Ballman 1966. The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Palaeortyx sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx joleaudi
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx phasianoides
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same–clade
Miophasianus
Miophasianus altus
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same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus americanus
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