Megalosauripus
genus · Lessertisseur 1955 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 65 fossil sites · 30 formations · 14 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–93.9 million years ago
Found where
14 countries
30 rock formations
Fossil record
65 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 108 million years, from 201.4 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megalosauripus was named in 1955 (Lessertisseur 1955) — 71 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 14 countries and 30 named rock formations.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).