Massospondylidae
family · Huene 1914 · accepted · extinct
24 descendant taxa · 121 fossil sites · 15 formations · 9 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–168.2 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
15 rock formations
Fossil record
121 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 69 million years, from 237 to 168.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 168.2 million years old — that is roughly 561 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Massospondylidae was named in 1914 (Huene 1914) — 112 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries and 15 named rock formations.
- This group contains 24 named taxa, including 14 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).