Oviraptorosauria
infraorder · Barsbold 1976 · accepted · extinct
110 descendant taxa · 193 fossil sites · 46 formations · 12 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
125.77–66 million years ago
Found where
12 countries
46 rock formations
Fossil record
193 sites
64 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 60 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Oviraptorosauria was named in 1976 (Barsbold 1976) — 50 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 12 countries and 46 named rock formations.
- 64 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 110 named taxa, including 52 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).