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Telecrex Telecrex grangeri Wetmore 1934

/tˈɛlᵻkɹˌɛks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Bartonian) · 56–37.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
Mongolia
Formation
Irdin Manha
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Mongolia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Telecrex grangeri is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 56.0–37.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Mongolia. It was named by Wetmore 1934. 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 Telecrex grangeri sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Telecrex
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Telecrex grangeri'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 alfhildae
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same–clade
Amitabha
Amitabha urbsinterdictensis
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same–clade
Litoripes
Litoripes medius
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same–clade
Coturnipes
Coturnipes cooperi
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