Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
species · Carr et al. 2005 · accepted · extinct
6 fossil sites · 5 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
85.7–66 million years ago
Found where
1 country
5 rock formations
Fossil record
6 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 20 million years, from 85.7 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.
- Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was named in 2005 (Carr et al. 2005) — 21 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 5 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).