Grallator
genus · Hitchcock 1858 · accepted · extinct
44 descendant taxa · 432 fossil sites · 102 formations · 23 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
250.8–66 million years ago
Found where
23 countries
102 rock formations
Fossil record
432 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 185 million years, from 250.8 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.
- Grallator was named in 1858 (Hitchcock 1858) — 168 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 23 countries and 102 named rock formations.
- This group contains 44 named taxa, including 43 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).