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Silhouette of Phasianus

Phasianus

Phasianus alfhildae Shufeldt 1915

Late Cretaceous (Bartonian) · 51.1–39.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Phasianus alfhildae is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 51.1–39.7 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Shufeldt 1915. 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 Phasianus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Phasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Litoripes
Litoripes medius
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same–clade
Telecrex
Telecrex grangeri
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same–clade
Amitabha
Amitabha urbsinterdictensis
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same–clade
Scopelortyx
Scopelortyx klinghardtensis
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