Dacentrurinae
subfamily · (Olshevsky and Ford 1993) · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 63 fossil sites · 12 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
168.2–121.4 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
63 sites
49 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 47 million years, from 168.2 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dacentrurinae was named in 1993 ((Olshevsky and Ford 1993)) — 33 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 12 named rock formations.
- 49 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).