Ornithomimipodidae
family · Lockley et al. 2011 · accepted · extinct
14 descendant taxa · 57 fossil sites · 22 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
154.8–66 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
22 rock formations
Fossil record
57 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 89 million years, from 154.8 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.
- Ornithomimipodidae was named in 2011 (Lockley et al. 2011) — 15 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 22 named rock formations.
- This group contains 14 named taxa, including 10 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).