Prionodontia
unranked clade · Owen 1874 · accepted · extinct
292 descendant taxa · 1,273 fossil sites · 298 formations · 43 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
227.3–66 million years ago
Found where
43 countries
298 rock formations
Fossil record
1,273 sites
239 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 161 million years, from 227.3 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.
- Prionodontia was named in 1874 (Owen 1874) — 152 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 43 countries and 298 named rock formations.
- 239 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 292 named taxa, including 131 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).