Arenysaurus
genus · Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2009 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
72.2–66 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 6 million years, from 72.2 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.
- Arenysaurus was named in 2009 (Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).