Edmontosaurus
genus · Lambe 1917 · accepted · extinct
2 descendant taxa · 85 fossil sites · 10 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
89.8–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
10 rock formations
Fossil record
85 sites
16 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 24 million years, from 89.8 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.
- Edmontosaurus was named in 1917 (Lambe 1917) — 109 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 10 named rock formations.
- 16 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).