Thescelosaurinae
subfamily · Sternberg 1940 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 67 fossil sites · 14 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
125.77–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
14 rock formations
Fossil record
67 sites
23 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 60 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Thescelosaurinae was named in 1940 (Sternberg 1940) — 86 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 14 named rock formations.
- 23 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).