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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx volans Gohlich and Pavia 2008
/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Zanclean) · 11.6–5.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
Italy
Region
Foggia
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Palaeortyx volans is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 11.6–5.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Foggia, Italy. It was named by Gohlich and Pavia 2008. 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 volans sits in deep time
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Palaeortyx volans'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.