Carcharodontosauria
unranked clade · Benson et al. 2010 · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 15 formations · 9 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–89.8 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
15 rock formations
Fossil record
21 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 112 million years, from 201.4 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.
- Carcharodontosauria was named in 2010 (Benson et al. 2010) — 16 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries and 15 named rock formations.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).