Eustreptospondylinae
subfamily · Paul 1988 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 10 fossil sites · 6 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
170.9–143.1 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
10 sites
15 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 28 million years, from 170.9 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Eustreptospondylinae was named in 1988 (Paul 1988) — 38 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 6 named rock formations.
- 15 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).