Atlasaurus
genus · Monbaron et al. 1999 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
168.2–165.3 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
7 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 3 million years, from 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 165.3 million years old — that is roughly 551 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Atlasaurus was named in 1999 (Monbaron et al. 1999) — 27 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 7 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).