Giganotosaurini
tribe · Brusatte and Sereno 2008 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
113.2–89.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 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 23 million years, from 113.2 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Giganotosaurini was named in 2008 (Brusatte and Sereno 2008) — 18 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).