Theropoda
unranked clade · (Marsh 1881) · accepted · extant
8,581 descendant taxa · 24,753 fossil sites · 1,419 formations · 164 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Quaternary
250.8–0 million years ago
Found where
164 countries
1,419 rock formations
Fossil record
24,753 sites
1,239 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 251 million years, from 250.8 to 0 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Theropoda was named in 1881 ((Marsh 1881)) — 145 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 164 countries and 1,419 named rock formations.
- 1,239 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 8,581 named taxa, including 4,808 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).