Lessemsauridae
unranked clade · Apaldetti et al. 2018 · accepted · extinct
6 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
227.3–192.9 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
4 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 34 million years, from 227.3 to 192.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 192.9 million years old — that is roughly 643 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Lessemsauridae was named in 2018 (Apaldetti et al. 2018) — 8 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).