Perdix Perdix palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré 1975
/pˈɜːdɪks/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Calabrian) · 1.8–0.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Italy, Spain
Region
Castilla-Leon
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Perdix palaeoperdix is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 1.8–0.8 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Castilla-Leon, Italy and elsewhere. It was named by Mourer-Chauviré 1975. 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 Perdix palaeoperdix sits in deep time
Perdix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Perdix palaeoperdix'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.