Deinonychus
genus · Ostrom 1969 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 47 fossil sites · 6 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
143.1–93.9 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
47 sites
23 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 49 million years, from 143.1 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Deinonychus was named in 1969 (Ostrom 1969) — 57 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 6 named rock formations.
- 23 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).