Pternistis Pternistis capensis (Gmelin 1789)
/tɜːnˈɪstiz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Pternistis capensis is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from South Africa. It was named by (Gmelin 1789). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Pternistis capensis sits in deep time
Pternistis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pternistis capensis'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.