Ornithopoda
suborder · (Marsh 1881) · accepted · extinct
571 descendant taxa · 3,893 fossil sites · 552 formations · 65 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
237–61.66 million years ago
Found where
65 countries
552 rock formations
Fossil record
3,893 sites
328 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 175 million years, from 237 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Ornithopoda was named in 1881 ((Marsh 1881)) — 145 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 65 countries and 552 named rock formations.
- 328 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 571 named taxa, including 281 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).