Deltadromeus
genus · Sereno et al. 1996 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
100.5–93.9 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
6 sites
3 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 7 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Deltadromeus was named in 1996 (Sereno et al. 1996) — 30 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).