Teratophoneini
unranked clade · Scherer and Voiculescu-Holvad 2024 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 10 fossil sites · 6 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
85.7–72.2 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
10 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 14 million years, from 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Teratophoneini was named in 2024 (Scherer and Voiculescu-Holvad 2024) — 2 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 6 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).