Echinodon
genus · Owen 1861 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
152.21–137.05 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
6 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 15 million years, from 152.21 to 137.05 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 137.05 million years old — that is roughly 457 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Echinodon was named in 1861 (Owen 1861) — 165 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).