Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
species · (Hooley 1925) · accepted · extinct
13 fossil sites · 8 formations · 6 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
143.1–119.57 million years ago
Found where
6 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
13 sites
15 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 24 million years, from 143.1 to 119.57 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 119.57 million years old — that is roughly 399 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis was named in 1925 ((Hooley 1925)) — 101 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 6 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 15 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).