Velociraptorinae
subfamily · Barsbold 1983 · accepted · extant
16 descendant taxa · 72 fossil sites · 35 formations · 16 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
154.8–66 million years ago
Found where
16 countries
35 rock formations
Fossil record
72 sites
13 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 89 million years, from 154.8 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.
- Velociraptorinae was named in 1983 (Barsbold 1983) — 43 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 16 countries and 35 named rock formations.
- 13 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 9 species.
Keep going
Where next
Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).