Polacanthus foxii
species · Grabau 1921 · accepted · extinct
5 fossil sites · 3 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
139.1–100.5 million years ago
Found where
1 country
3 rock formations
Fossil record
5 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 foxii was named in 1921 (Grabau 1921) — 105 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 3 named rock formations.
- 8 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).