Deinocheirus
genus · Kielan-Jaworowska 1969 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
5 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.
- Deinocheirus was named in 1969 (Kielan-Jaworowska 1969) — 57 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).