Fylax: Research Database
Theropoda (Dinosauria) · Early Cretaceous (~130-125 MYA) · Europe — Spain (Las Hoyas)
Research Note: Fylax was a theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain — an important taxon for understanding theropod diversity in the Cretaceous of Europe.
| Research Finding | Status | Grade | Year | Method | Citation | Impact |
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Malafaia et al. 2018: Fylax and new data on theropod diversity in the Cretaceous of Spain
Malafaia et al. 2018 provide comprehensive data on Fylax from the Early Cretaceous of Spain, establishing it as a theropod and documenting theropod diversity in the Cretaceous of Europe
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Confirmed | A | 2018 | Fossil | Malafaia et al., Cretaceous Research | Diversity |
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Ortega et al. 2009: Fylax and additional data on theropod paleobiology
Ortega et al. 2009 provide additional data on Fylax and theropod paleobiology, further contextualising its significance within Theropoda
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Confirmed | B | 2009 | Fossil | Ortega et al., Nature | Paleobiology |
Active Debate: Theropod Diversity in the Cretaceous of Europe
Whether Fylax represents a new lineage of theropods is debated. The evolution of theropods in the Cretaceous of Europe — and their biogeographic history — is key to understanding dinosaur paleobiogeography.
What We Still Do Not Know About Fylax
- Complete skeletal morphology: Partial specimen known.
- Diet: Likely carnivorous.
- Social behavior: No direct evidence.
- Feathers: Unknown.
In Depth
Fylax is a genus of hadrosauromorph dinosaur that lived in Western Europe during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A primitive euhadrosaurian dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Ager syncline (southern Pyrenees, Catalonia). - Geologie en Mijnbouw 78: 345–356. - M. L. Casanovas, X. P Pereda Suberbiola, J. V. Santaf� & D. B. Weishampel - 1999.
- A new late-surviving early diverging Ibero-Armorican duck-billed dinosaur and the role of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago in hadrosauroid biogeography. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. - Albert Prieto-M�rquez & Miguel Carrera Farias - 2021.
