Ankylosaurinae
subfamily · Nopcsa 1918 · accepted · extinct
46 descendant taxa · 119 fossil sites · 29 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
143.1–66 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
29 rock formations
Fossil record
119 sites
41 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 77 million years, from 143.1 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.
- Ankylosaurinae was named in 1918 (Nopcsa 1918) — 108 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 29 named rock formations.
- 41 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 46 named taxa, including 24 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).