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Peliperdix

Peliperdix lathami (Hartlaub 1854)

Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Peliperdix lathami is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It was named by (Hartlaub 1854). The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Peliperdix sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Peliperdix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
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same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis leucogastra
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same–clade
Crax
Crax alberti
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same–clade
Mwalau
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