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Pliogallus Pliogallus coturnoides Tugarinov 1940

/plɪˈɑːɡæləs/ estimated
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 coturnoides sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Pliogallus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Meleagris
Meleagris leopoldi
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same–clade
Agriocharis
Agriocharis progenes
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same–clade
Tetrao
Tetrao macropus
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same–clade
Francolinus
Francolinus capeki
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