Megalosauria
unranked clade · (Bonaparte 1850) · accepted · extinct
2 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
165.3–121.4 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
5 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 44 million years, from 165.3 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megalosauria was named in 1850 ((Bonaparte 1850)) — 176 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 1 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).