Iguanodontia
infraorder · (Baur 1891) · accepted · extinct
465 descendant taxa · 2,763 fossil sites · 391 formations · 54 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
201.4–61.66 million years ago
Found where
54 countries
391 rock formations
Fossil record
2,763 sites
324 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 140 million years, from 201.4 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.
- Iguanodontia was named in 1891 ((Baur 1891)) — 135 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 54 countries and 391 named rock formations.
- 324 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 465 named taxa, including 227 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).