Carnosauria
infraorder · (Huene 1920) · accepted · extinct
16 descendant taxa · 153 fossil sites · 76 formations · 25 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
227.3–66 million years ago
Found where
25 countries
76 rock formations
Fossil record
153 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 161 million years, from 227.3 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.
- Carnosauria was named in 1920 ((Huene 1920)) — 106 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 25 countries and 76 named rock formations.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).