Baryonyx walkeri
species · Charig and Milner 1986 · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–121.4 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
2 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 4 million years, from 125.77 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Baryonyx walkeri was named in 1986 (Charig and Milner 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).