Nothronychus mckinleyi
species · Kirkland and Wolfe 2001 · accepted · extinct
1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
93.9–89.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 4 million years, from 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Nothronychus mckinleyi was named in 2001 (Kirkland and Wolfe 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).