Where was Eotyrannus found?

Eotyrannus fossils on the map: 1 find in United Kingdom. The dashed box outlines the area they cover.

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Age of the rocks252 to 66 million years ago
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Key
  • Triassic 251.9 to 201.4 million years ago
  • Jurassic 201.4 to 145 million years ago
  • Cretaceous 145 to 66 million years ago
  • Spans two periods The find’s age range straddles a boundary

How to read the dots. Each dot is one find recorded in the Paleobiology Database, coloured by the period of its rocks. Finds marked approximate have only a rough position in the database, so the dot can sit some way from the real site.

About Eotyrannus fossils

Silhouette of Eotyrannus
Silhouette by Pranav Iyer, CC BY 4.0, from PhyloPic

Eotyrannus is a genus of theropods, the mostly meat-eating group. The database records one species of it: Eotyrannus lengi.

All 1 find on the map are in United Kingdom. The UK finds are all in Isle of Wight.

The rock formation with the most finds is called Wessex, with 1. The rocks are 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period.

Genus of Early Cretaceous tyrannosauroids. (Description from Wikidata, CC0.)

Read about Eotyrannus on Wikipedia.

  • 1find
  • 1country
  • 132.6oldest, million years ago
  • 121.4youngest, million years ago

Which countries have Eotyrannus fossils?

CountryFindsShare
United Kingdom1100%

UK counties

Rock formations that produced Eotyrannus

A formation is a named body of rock. These are the ones with the most Eotyrannus finds.

FormationFinds
Wessex1

Other dinosaurs found in United Kingdom

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Questions about Eotyrannus

Where was Eotyrannus found?

Eotyrannus fossils are recorded in the Paleobiology Database from United Kingdom. Most of the 1 finds on this map (1) are from United Kingdom. The rock formation with the most finds is the Wessex (1).

How old are Eotyrannus fossils?

Finds of Eotyrannus on this map date from 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago, which is the Cretaceous period. Ages are ranges, because rock layers are dated to a stage and not to a single year.

Where can I see Eotyrannus fossils near me?

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