Losillasaurus giganteus
species · Casanovas et al. 2001 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
154.8–143.1 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 12 million years, from 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Losillasaurus giganteus was named in 2001 (Casanovas et al. 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).