Elasmaria
unranked clade · Calvo et al. 2007 · accepted · extinct
42 descendant taxa · 45 fossil sites · 16 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
137.05–66 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
16 rock formations
Fossil record
45 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 71 million years, from 137.05 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Elasmaria was named in 2007 (Calvo et al. 2007) — 19 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 16 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 42 named taxa, including 21 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).