Tyrannosauroidea
superfamily · Walker 1964 · accepted · extinct
110 descendant taxa · 682 fossil sites · 142 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
174.7–66 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
142 rock formations
Fossil record
682 sites
190 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 109 million years, from 174.7 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.
- Tyrannosauroidea was named in 1964 (Walker 1964) — 62 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 142 named rock formations.
- 190 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 110 named taxa, including 50 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).