Heterodontosaurinae
subfamily · Sereno 2012 · accepted · extinct
11 descendant taxa · 17 fossil sites · 7 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
227.3–170.9 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
17 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 56 million years, from 227.3 to 170.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 170.9 million years old — that is roughly 570 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Heterodontosaurinae was named in 2012 (Sereno 2012) — 14 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 11 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).