Aeolosaurini
unranked clade · Franco-Rosas et al. 2004 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 20 fossil sites · 11 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
89.8–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
11 rock formations
Fossil record
20 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 24 million years, from 89.8 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.
- Aeolosaurini was named in 2004 (Franco-Rosas et al. 2004) — 22 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 11 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).