Coronosauria
unranked clade · Sereno 1986 · accepted · extinct
15 descendant taxa · 85 fossil sites · 10 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
121.4–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
10 rock formations
Fossil record
85 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 55 million years, from 121.4 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.
- Coronosauria was named in 1986 (Sereno 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 10 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 15 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).