Megalosauroidea
superfamily · (Nopcsa 1928) · accepted · extinct
81 descendant taxa · 310 fossil sites · 85 formations · 28 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
205.7–66 million years ago
Found where
28 countries
85 rock formations
Fossil record
310 sites
56 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 140 million years, from 205.7 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.
- Megalosauroidea was named in 1928 ((Nopcsa 1928)) — 98 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 28 countries and 85 named rock formations.
- 56 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 81 named taxa, including 36 species.
Keep going
Where next
Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).