Troodontinae
subfamily · van der Reest and Currie 2017 · accepted · extinct
32 descendant taxa · 154 fossil sites · 29 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
137.05–66 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
29 rock formations
Fossil record
154 sites
24 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 71 million years, from 137.05 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.
- Troodontinae was named in 2017 (van der Reest and Currie 2017) — 9 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 29 named rock formations.
- 24 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 32 named taxa, including 16 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).