Euhelopodidae
unranked clade · (Romer 1956) · accepted · extinct
30 descendant taxa · 38 fossil sites · 17 formations · 6 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
149.2–72.2 million years ago
Found where
6 countries
17 rock formations
Fossil record
38 sites
9 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 77 million years, from 149.2 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Euhelopodidae was named in 1956 ((Romer 1956)) — 70 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 6 countries and 17 named rock formations.
- 9 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 30 named taxa, including 15 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).