Neoceratopsia
infraorder · Sereno 1986 · accepted · extinct
67 descendant taxa · 150 fossil sites · 46 formations · 10 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
143.1–66 million years ago
Found where
10 countries
46 rock formations
Fossil record
150 sites
39 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 77 million years, from 143.1 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.
- Neoceratopsia was named in 1986 (Sereno 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 10 countries and 46 named rock formations.
- 39 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 67 named taxa, including 30 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).