Proceratosauridae
family · Rauhut et al. 2010 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 5 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
168.2–113.2 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
6 sites
28 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 55 million years, from 168.2 to 113.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 113.2 million years old — that is roughly 377 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Proceratosauridae was named in 2010 (Rauhut et al. 2010) — 16 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- 28 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).