Hadrosauriformes
unranked clade · Sereno 1997 · accepted · extinct
285 descendant taxa · 1,941 fossil sites · 256 formations · 35 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
174.7–61.66 million years ago
Found where
35 countries
256 rock formations
Fossil record
1,941 sites
175 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 113 million years, from 174.7 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Hadrosauriformes was named in 1997 (Sereno 1997) — 29 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 35 countries and 256 named rock formations.
- 175 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 285 named taxa, including 145 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).