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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx phasianoides Milne-Edwards 1871
/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Tortonian) · 16.9–9.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Spain, Hungary
Regions
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén · Catalonia
Formations
Edelény · Miocene Lower Continental Complex
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Palaeortyx phasianoides is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 16.9–9.7 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Spain and elsewhere. It was named by Milne-Edwards 1871. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Palaeortyx phasianoides sits in deep time
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeortyx phasianoides'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.