Deinonychus antirrhopus
species · (Ostrom 1969) · accepted · extinct
35 fossil sites · 3 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
121.4–93.9 million years ago
Found where
1 country
3 rock formations
Fossil record
35 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 28 million years, from 121.4 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 antirrhopus was named in 1969 ((Ostrom 1969)) — 57 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 3 named rock formations.
- 23 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).