Hesperonychus
genus · Longrich and Currie 2009 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
83.6–72.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 11 million years, from 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Hesperonychus was named in 2009 (Longrich and Currie 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).