Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Paraortygidae
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Xorazmortyx Xorazmortyx turkestanensis Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2019

/zˈɔːɹɐzmˌɔːɹɾɪks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Bartonian) · 41–37.7 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Xorazmortyx turkestanensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 41.0–37.7 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2019. 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 Xorazmortyx turkestanensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Xorazmortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Scopelortyx
Scopelortyx klinghardtensis
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same–clade
Namaortyx
Namaortyx sperrgebietensis
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same–clade
Gigantibis
Gigantibis incognita
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same–clade
Litoripes
Litoripes medius
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