Barrosasaurus casamiquelai
species · Salgado and Coria 2009 · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
93.9–72.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
2 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 22 million years, from 93.9 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Barrosasaurus casamiquelai was named in 2009 (Salgado and Coria 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).