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

Phasianus Phasianus lufengia Hou 1985

/fˈæsiənəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Tortonian) · 11.6–7.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

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

Overview

Phasianus lufengia is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 11.6–7.2 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by Hou 1985. 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 lufengia sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Phasianus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Phasianus lufengia'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
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx volans
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same–clade
Miophasianus
Miophasianus medius
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same–clade
Pavo
Pavo archiaci
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same–clade
Lophortyx
Lophortyx shotwelli
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