Centrosaurini
unranked clade · Ryan et al. 2017 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 72 fossil sites · 4 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
72 sites
12 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 18 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Centrosaurini was named in 2017 (Ryan et al. 2017) — 9 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- 12 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).