Jeholosaurus
genus · Xu et al. 2000 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 2 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–119.57 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
2 sites
3 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 6 million years, from 125.77 to 119.57 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 119.57 million years old — that is roughly 399 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Jeholosaurus was named in 2000 (Xu et al. 2000) — 26 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).