Ankylosauridae
family · Brown 1908 · accepted · extinct
73 descendant taxa · 289 fossil sites · 69 formations · 14 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
199.5–66 million years ago
Found where
14 countries
69 rock formations
Fossil record
289 sites
58 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.
- Ankylosauridae was named in 1908 (Brown 1908) — 118 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 14 countries and 69 named rock formations.
- 58 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 73 named taxa, including 35 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).