Camarasauromorpha
unranked clade · Salgado et al. 1997 · accepted · extinct
14 descendant taxa · 164 fossil sites · 17 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
165.3–66 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
17 rock formations
Fossil record
164 sites
38 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.
- Camarasauromorpha was named in 1997 (Salgado et al. 1997) — 29 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 17 named rock formations.
- 38 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 14 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).