Ceratosuchopsini
unranked clade · Barker et al. 2021 · accepted · extinct
6 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–100.5 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 25 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Ceratosuchopsini was named in 2021 (Barker et al. 2021) — 5 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).