Sinovenatorinae
subfamily · Shen et al. 2017 · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
168.2–119.57 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
8 sites
22 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 49 million years, from 168.2 to 119.57 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 119.57 million years old — that is roughly 399 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Sinovenatorinae was named in 2017 (Shen et al. 2017) — 9 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 22 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).