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Silhouette of Pavo

Pavo

Pavo archiaci (Gaudry 1862)

Late Cretaceous (Gelasian) · 13.8–2.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Pavo sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Pavo
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

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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