Ceratopsidae
family · Marsh 1888 · accepted · extinct
113 descendant taxa · 750 fossil sites · 57 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
57 rock formations
Fossil record
750 sites
76 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Ceratopsidae was named in 1888 (Marsh 1888) — 138 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 57 named rock formations.
- 76 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 113 named taxa, including 54 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).