Polacanthus
genus · Fox 1866 · accepted · extinct
2 descendant taxa · 16 fossil sites · 9 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
139.1–100.5 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
9 rock formations
Fossil record
16 sites
8 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 39 million years, from 139.1 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Polacanthus was named in 1866 (Fox 1866) — 160 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 9 named rock formations.
- 8 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).