Abelisauridae
family · Bonaparte and Novas 1985 · accepted · extant
74 descendant taxa · 214 fossil sites · 64 formations · 19 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
184.2–66 million years ago
Found where
19 countries
64 rock formations
Fossil record
214 sites
23 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 118 million years, from 184.2 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Abelisauridae was named in 1985 (Bonaparte and Novas 1985) — 41 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 19 countries and 64 named rock formations.
- 23 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 74 named taxa, including 34 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).