Elaphrosaurus
genus · Janensch 1920 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
154.8–93.9 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 61 million years, from 154.8 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.
- Elaphrosaurus was named in 1920 (Janensch 1920) — 106 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).