Ceratosauria
suborder · (Marsh 1884) · accepted · extant
134 descendant taxa · 391 fossil sites · 100 formations · 32 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
237–66 million years ago
Found where
32 countries
100 rock formations
Fossil record
391 sites
80 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 171 million years, from 237 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.
- Ceratosauria was named in 1884 ((Marsh 1884)) — 142 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 32 countries and 100 named rock formations.
- 80 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 134 named taxa, including 58 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).