Dicraeosauridae
unranked clade · (Huene 1927) · accepted · extinct
24 descendant taxa · 36 fossil sites · 8 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–121.4 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
36 sites
19 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 40 million years, from 161.5 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dicraeosauridae was named in 1927 ((Huene 1927)) — 99 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 19 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 24 named taxa, including 12 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).