Limaysaurinae
unranked clade · Whitlock 2011 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 9 fossil sites · 4 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
100.5–89.8 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
9 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 11 million years, from 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Limaysaurinae was named in 2011 (Whitlock 2011) — 15 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).