Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
species · (Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957) · accepted · extinct
5 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
152.21–145.06 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
7 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 7 million years, from 152.21 to 145.06 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 145.06 million years old — that is roughly 484 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis was named in 1957 ((Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957)) — 69 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 7 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).