Eosauropus
genus · Lockley et al. 2006 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 20 fossil sites · 8 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–201.4 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
20 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 36 million years, from 237 to 201.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 201.4 million years old — that is roughly 671 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Eosauropus was named in 2006 (Lockley et al. 2006) — 20 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 8 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).