Carmelopodus
genus · Lockley et al. 1998 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 12 fossil sites · 9 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–100.5 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
9 rock formations
Fossil record
12 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 101 million years, from 201.4 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Carmelopodus was named in 1998 (Lockley et al. 1998) — 28 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 9 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).