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Plioperdix

Plioperdix hungarica (Janossy 1991)

Late Cretaceous (Zanclean) · 8.7–5.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Plioperdix sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Plioperdix
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

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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