Lohuecosauria
unranked clade · Mocho et al. 2024 · accepted · extinct
32 descendant taxa · 81 fossil sites · 25 formations · 12 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
12 countries
25 rock formations
Fossil record
81 sites
50 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Lohuecosauria was named in 2024 (Mocho et al. 2024) — 2 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 12 countries and 25 named rock formations.
- 50 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 32 named taxa, including 14 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).