Thescelosaurus
genus · Gilmore 1913 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 55 fossil sites · 9 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
93.9–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
9 rock formations
Fossil record
55 sites
17 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 93.9 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.
- Thescelosaurus was named in 1913 (Gilmore 1913) — 113 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 9 named rock formations.
- 17 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).