Dryosauridae
family · Milner and Norman 1984 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 61 fossil sites · 19 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
161.5–66 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
19 rock formations
Fossil record
61 sites
45 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 96 million years, from 161.5 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.
- Dryosauridae was named in 1984 (Milner and Norman 1984) — 42 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 19 named rock formations.
- 45 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).