Cetiosauridae
family · (Lydekker 1888) · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 15 fossil sites · 4 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–137.05 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
15 sites
3 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 64 million years, from 201.4 to 137.05 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 137.05 million years old — that is roughly 457 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Cetiosauridae was named in 1888 ((Lydekker 1888)) — 138 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).