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Plioperdix Plioperdix hungarica (Janossy 1991)

/plɪˈoʊpɚdˌɪks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Zanclean) · 8.7–5.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
Russia
Region
Rostovskaya Oblast'
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Russia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Plioperdix hungarica is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 8.7–5.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Rostovskaya Oblast’, Russia. It was named by (Janossy 1991). 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 Plioperdix hungarica sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Plioperdix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Plioperdix hungarica'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
Phasianus
Phasianus bulgaricus
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same–clade
Lophortyx
Lophortyx shotwelli
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same–clade
Pavo
Pavo archiaci
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx volans
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