Diamantinasauria
unranked clade · Poropat et al. 2021 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 28 fossil sites · 3 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
100.5–72.2 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
28 sites
7 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Diamantinasauria was named in 2021 (Poropat et al. 2021) — 5 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 7 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).