Maniraptoriformes
unranked clade · Holtz and Padian 1995 · accepted · extant
54 descendant taxa · 91 fossil sites · 42 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
201.4–66 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
42 rock formations
Fossil record
91 sites
53 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 135 million years, from 201.4 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.
- Maniraptoriformes was named in 1995 (Holtz and Padian 1995) — 31 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 42 named rock formations.
- 53 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 54 named taxa, including 25 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).