Chaoyangsauridae
family · (Zhao 1983) · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–132.6 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
5 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 29 million years, from 161.5 to 132.6 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 132.6 million years old — that is roughly 442 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Chaoyangsauridae was named in 1983 ((Zhao 1983)) — 43 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).