Elaphrosaurinae
subfamily · Rauhut and Carrano 2016 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 4 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
161.5–93.9 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
8 sites
11 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 68 million years, from 161.5 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Elaphrosaurinae was named in 2016 (Rauhut and Carrano 2016) — 10 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- 11 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).