Megaraptoridae
family · Novas et al. 2013 · accepted · extinct
16 descendant taxa · 32 fossil sites · 13 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
125.77–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
13 rock formations
Fossil record
32 sites
11 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 60 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Megaraptoridae was named in 2013 (Novas et al. 2013) — 13 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 13 named rock formations.
- 11 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).