Dicraeosaurus sattleri
species · Janensch 1914 · accepted · extinct
12 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
152.21–143.1 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
12 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 9 million years, from 152.21 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dicraeosaurus sattleri was named in 1914 (Janensch 1914) — 112 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).