Dinehichnus
genus · Lockley et al. 1998 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 12 fossil sites · 5 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–110.1 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
12 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 51 million years, from 161.5 to 110.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 110.1 million years old — that is roughly 367 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dinehichnus was named in 1998 (Lockley et al. 1998) — 28 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 5 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).