Carcharodontosauridae
family · Stromer 1931 · accepted · extinct
33 descendant taxa · 116 fossil sites · 48 formations · 15 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
152.21–66 million years ago
Found where
15 countries
48 rock formations
Fossil record
116 sites
27 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 86 million years, from 152.21 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.
- Carcharodontosauridae was named in 1931 (Stromer 1931) — 95 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 15 countries and 48 named rock formations.
- 27 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 33 named taxa, including 16 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).