Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Phasianidae
Silhouette of Phasianus colchicus

Phasianus Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus 1758

/fˈæsiənəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
New Zealand
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in New Zealand. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Phasianus colchicus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from New Zealand. It was named by Linnaeus 1758. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Phasianus colchicus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Phasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Phasianus colchicus'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.

same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis vetula
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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
Mwalau walterlinii
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