Kritosaurus
genus · Brown 1910 · accepted · extinct
2 descendant taxa · 25 fossil sites · 7 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
85.7–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
25 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 20 million years, from 85.7 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Kritosaurus was named in 1910 (Brown 1910) — 116 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).