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Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~2.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
granivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Tetrao urogallus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a granivore. It was named by Linnaeus 1758. The species is represented by 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~55%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 20 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tetrao sits in deep time
Tetrao
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tetrao's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.