Dinosauria › Reptilia › Galliformes › Theropoda › Phasianidae
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
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.