Parvicursorinae
subfamily · (Karhu and Rautian 1996) · accepted · extinct
25 descendant taxa · 19 fossil sites · 7 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
93.9–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
19 sites
18 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 93.9 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.
- Parvicursorinae was named in 1996 ((Karhu and Rautian 1996)) — 30 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- 18 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 25 named taxa, including 11 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).