Mamenchisauridae
unranked clade · (Chao 1965) · accepted · extinct
60 descendant taxa · 72 fossil sites · 22 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–110.1 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
22 rock formations
Fossil record
72 sites
31 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 91 million years, from 201.4 to 110.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 110.1 million years old — that is roughly 367 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Mamenchisauridae was named in 1965 ((Chao 1965)) — 61 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 22 named rock formations.
- 31 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 60 named taxa, including 36 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).