Styracosterna
unranked clade · (Sereno 1986) · accepted · extinct
311 descendant taxa · 1,981 fossil sites · 266 formations · 36 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
174.7–61.66 million years ago
Found where
36 countries
266 rock formations
Fossil record
1,981 sites
178 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 113 million years, from 174.7 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Styracosterna was named in 1986 ((Sereno 1986)) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 36 countries and 266 named rock formations.
- 178 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 311 named taxa, including 157 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).