Australovenator
genus · Hocknull et al. 2009 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 3 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–89.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
3 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
7 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 36 million years, from 125.77 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Australovenator was named in 2009 (Hocknull et al. 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 3 named rock formations.
- 7 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).