Massopoda
unranked clade · Yates 2007 · accepted · extinct
900 descendant taxa · 3,769 fossil sites · 568 formations · 72 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
237–66 million years ago
Found where
72 countries
568 rock formations
Fossil record
3,769 sites
507 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 171 million years, from 237 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.
- Massopoda was named in 2007 (Yates 2007) — 19 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 72 countries and 568 named rock formations.
- 507 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 900 named taxa, including 425 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).