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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966
/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Piacenzian) · 23–2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Germany, France, Romania
Regions
Bavaria · Auvergne · Rhône-Alpes · Southern Moldavia
Formation
Upper Freshwater Molasse
Dig sites
5
distinct collections
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 is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Bavaria, Germany and elsewhere. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Palaeortyx intermedia sits in deep time
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeortyx intermedia'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.