Saurornitholestinae
subfamily · Longrich and Currie 2009 · accepted · extinct
5 descendant taxa · 203 fossil sites · 28 formations · 6 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
85.7–66 million years ago
Found where
6 countries
28 rock formations
Fossil record
203 sites
20 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 20 million years, from 85.7 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.
- Saurornitholestinae was named in 2009 (Longrich and Currie 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 6 countries and 28 named rock formations.
- 20 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 5 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).