Spinosauridae
family · Stromer 1915 · accepted · extinct
34 descendant taxa · 172 fossil sites · 52 formations · 22 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
168.2–66 million years ago
Found where
22 countries
52 rock formations
Fossil record
172 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 102 million years, from 168.2 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.
- Spinosauridae was named in 1915 (Stromer 1915) — 111 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 22 countries and 52 named rock formations.
- 8 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 34 named taxa, including 15 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).