Alectrosaurus
genus · Gilmore 1933 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 19 fossil sites · 8 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
100.5–72.2 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
19 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Alectrosaurus was named in 1933 (Gilmore 1933) — 93 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
Keep going
Where next
Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).