Synoicus Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus 1766)
/sˈɪnoʊɪkəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Countries
Japan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Synoicus chinensis is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Japan and elsewhere. It was named by (Linnaeus 1766). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Synoicus chinensis sits in deep time
Synoicus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Synoicus chinensis'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.