Dilophosauripus
genus · Welles 1971 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 14 fossil sites · 7 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
205.7–165.3 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
14 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 40 million years, from 205.7 to 165.3 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 165.3 million years old — that is roughly 551 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dilophosauripus was named in 1971 (Welles 1971) — 55 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 7 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).