Allosauroidea
superfamily · Currie and Zhao 1994 · accepted · extinct
91 descendant taxa · 359 fossil sites · 98 formations · 28 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
201.4–66 million years ago
Found where
28 countries
98 rock formations
Fossil record
359 sites
103 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 135 million years, from 201.4 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.
- Allosauroidea was named in 1994 (Currie and Zhao 1994) — 32 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 28 countries and 98 named rock formations.
- 103 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 91 named taxa, including 45 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).