Cerapoda
unranked clade · Sereno 1986 · accepted · extinct
848 descendant taxa · 5,217 fossil sites · 588 formations · 65 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
237–61.66 million years ago
Found where
65 countries
588 rock formations
Fossil record
5,217 sites
500 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 175 million years, from 237 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Cerapoda was named in 1986 (Sereno 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 65 countries and 588 named rock formations.
- 500 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 848 named taxa, including 407 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).