Flagellicaudata
unranked clade · Harris and Dodson 2004 · accepted · extinct
59 descendant taxa · 315 fossil sites · 16 formations · 12 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
174.7–121.4 million years ago
Found where
12 countries
16 rock formations
Fossil record
315 sites
105 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 53 million years, from 174.7 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Flagellicaudata was named in 2004 (Harris and Dodson 2004) — 22 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 12 countries and 16 named rock formations.
- 105 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 59 named taxa, including 30 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).