Eurypoda
unranked clade · Sereno 1986 · accepted · extinct
251 descendant taxa · 1,141 fossil sites · 274 formations · 38 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
199.5–66 million years ago
Found where
38 countries
274 rock formations
Fossil record
1,141 sites
211 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 134 million years, from 199.5 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.
- Eurypoda was named in 1986 (Sereno 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 38 countries and 274 named rock formations.
- 211 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 251 named taxa, including 115 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).