Dryomorpha
unranked clade · Sereno 1986 · accepted · extinct
366 descendant taxa · 2,405 fossil sites · 344 formations · 48 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
201.4–61.66 million years ago
Found where
48 countries
344 rock formations
Fossil record
2,405 sites
278 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 140 million years, from 201.4 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dryomorpha was named in 1986 (Sereno 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 48 countries and 344 named rock formations.
- 278 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 366 named taxa, including 182 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).