Stegosaurinae
subfamily · Nopcsa 1917 · accepted · extinct
18 descendant taxa · 101 fossil sites · 11 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
165.3–93.9 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
11 rock formations
Fossil record
101 sites
11 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 71 million years, from 165.3 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Stegosaurinae was named in 1917 (Nopcsa 1917) — 109 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 11 named rock formations.
- 11 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 18 named taxa, including 12 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).