Diplodocoidea
unranked clade · (Upchurch 1995) · accepted · extinct
116 descendant taxa · 415 fossil sites · 38 formations · 19 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
174.7–85.7 million years ago
Found where
19 countries
38 rock formations
Fossil record
415 sites
127 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 89 million years, from 174.7 to 85.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 85.7 million years old — that is roughly 286 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Diplodocoidea was named in 1995 ((Upchurch 1995)) — 31 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 19 countries and 38 named rock formations.
- 127 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 116 named taxa, including 56 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).