Megaraptor namunhuaiquii
species · Novas 1998 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
93.9–85.7 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
3 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 8 million years, from 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 85.7 million years old — that is roughly 286 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megaraptor namunhuaiquii was named in 1998 (Novas 1998) — 28 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).