Megalosauridae
unranked clade · (Fitzinger 1843) · accepted · extinct
15 fossil sites · 12 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
199.5–66 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
15 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 134 million years, from 199.5 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.
- Megalosauridae was named in 1843 ((Fitzinger 1843)) — 183 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 12 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).