Dromaeosaurinae
subfamily · Matthew and Brown 1922 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 108 fossil sites · 35 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
152.21–66 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
35 rock formations
Fossil record
108 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 86 million years, from 152.21 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.
- Dromaeosaurinae was named in 1922 (Matthew and Brown 1922) — 104 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 35 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).