Ankylosauria
unranked clade · (Osborn 1923) · accepted · extinct
175 descendant taxa · 825 fossil sites · 210 formations · 30 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
199.5–66 million years ago
Found where
30 countries
210 rock formations
Fossil record
825 sites
129 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 134 million years, from 199.5 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.
- Ankylosauria was named in 1923 ((Osborn 1923)) — 103 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 30 countries and 210 named rock formations.
- 129 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 175 named taxa, including 81 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).