Afrovenator
genus · Sereno et al. 1994 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
170.9–143.1 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
3 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 170.9 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Afrovenator was named in 1994 (Sereno et al. 1994) — 32 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).