Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Phasianidae
Silhouette of Pavo archiaci

Pavo Pavo archiaci (Gaudry 1862)

/pˈɑːvoʊ/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Gelasian) · 13.8–2.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
Greece
Regions
Attica · Euboea · Attiki
Formation
Pikermi
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Greece. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Pavo archiaci is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 13.8–2.2 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Attica, Greece. It was named by (Gaudry 1862). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Pavo archiaci sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Pavo
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Pavo archiaci'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.

same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx volans
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same–clade
Lophortyx
Lophortyx shotwelli
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same–clade
Plioperdix
Plioperdix hungarica
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same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus bulgaricus
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