Centrosaurus apertus
species · (Lambe 1905) · accepted · extinct
42 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
83.6–72.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
42 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 11 million years, from 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Centrosaurus apertus was named in 1905 ((Lambe 1905)) — 121 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).