Herrerasauridae
family · Benedetto 1973 · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 6 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–201.4 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
6 rock formations
Fossil record
21 sites
29 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 36 million years, from 237 to 201.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 201.4 million years old — that is roughly 671 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Herrerasauridae was named in 1973 (Benedetto 1973) — 53 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 6 named rock formations.
- 29 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).