Baryonyx
genus · Charig and Milner 1986 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 12 fossil sites · 7 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
139.1–110.1 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
12 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 29 million years, from 139.1 to 110.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 110.1 million years old — that is roughly 367 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Baryonyx was named in 1986 (Charig and Milner 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).