Oviraptoridae
family · Barsbold 1976 · accepted · extinct
48 descendant taxa · 45 fossil sites · 12 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
121.4–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
45 sites
28 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 55 million years, from 121.4 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.
- Oviraptoridae was named in 1976 (Barsbold 1976) — 50 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 12 named rock formations.
- 28 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 48 named taxa, including 22 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).