Ornithomimidae
family · Marsh 1890 · accepted · extinct
33 descendant taxa · 259 fossil sites · 56 formations · 14 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
143.1–66 million years ago
Found where
14 countries
56 rock formations
Fossil record
259 sites
139 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.
- Ornithomimidae was named in 1890 (Marsh 1890) — 136 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 14 countries and 56 named rock formations.
- 139 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 33 named taxa, including 16 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).