Dicraeosaurinae
unranked clade · (Janensch 1929) · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 24 fossil sites · 6 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–121.4 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
24 sites
13 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.
- Dicraeosaurinae was named in 1929 ((Janensch 1929)) — 97 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 6 named rock formations.
- 13 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).