Coeluridae
family · Marsh 1881 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 30 fossil sites · 12 formations · 10 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
174.7–66 million years ago
Found where
10 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
30 sites
3 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 109 million years, from 174.7 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.
- Coeluridae was named in 1881 (Marsh 1881) — 145 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 10 countries and 12 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).