Eusauropoda
unranked clade · Upchurch 1995 · accepted · extinct
689 descendant taxa · 2,022 fossil sites · 332 formations · 62 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
205.7–66 million years ago
Found where
62 countries
332 rock formations
Fossil record
2,022 sites
458 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 140 million years, from 205.7 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.
- Eusauropoda was named in 1995 (Upchurch 1995) — 31 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 62 countries and 332 named rock formations.
- 458 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 689 named taxa, including 321 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).