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Pliogallus
Pliogallus coturnoides Tugarinov 1940
Late Cretaceous (Gelasian) · 4.2–2.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Pliogallus coturnoides is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 4.2–2.2 million years ago. It was a granivore. It was named by Tugarinov 1940. 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 Pliogallus sits in deep time
Pliogallus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pliogallus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.