Camarasauridae
family · Cope 1877 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 162 fossil sites · 16 formations · 12 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
165.3–66 million years ago
Found where
12 countries
16 rock formations
Fossil record
162 sites
23 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 99 million years, from 165.3 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.
- Camarasauridae was named in 1877 (Cope 1877) — 149 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 12 countries and 16 named rock formations.
- 23 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).