Furileusauria
unranked clade · Filippi et al. 2016 · accepted · extinct
21 descendant taxa · 12 fossil sites · 5 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
12 sites
12 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Furileusauria was named in 2016 (Filippi et al. 2016) — 10 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- 12 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 21 named taxa, including 10 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).