Tyrannosauridae
family · Osborn 1906 · accepted · extinct
53 descendant taxa · 515 fossil sites · 90 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
143.1–66 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
90 rock formations
Fossil record
515 sites
118 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 77 million years, from 143.1 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.
- Tyrannosauridae was named in 1906 (Osborn 1906) — 120 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 90 named rock formations.
- 118 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 53 named taxa, including 24 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).