Ornithomimosauria
unranked clade · (Barsbold 1976) · accepted · extinct
70 descendant taxa · 320 fossil sites · 82 formations · 22 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
168.2–66 million years ago
Found where
22 countries
82 rock formations
Fossil record
320 sites
173 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 102 million years, from 168.2 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.
- Ornithomimosauria was named in 1976 ((Barsbold 1976)) — 50 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 22 countries and 82 named rock formations.
- 173 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 70 named taxa, including 31 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).