Megalosauripus transjuranicus
species · Razzolini et al. 2017 · accepted · extinct
16 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
152.21–143.1 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
16 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 9 million years, from 152.21 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megalosauripus transjuranicus was named in 2017 (Razzolini et al. 2017) — 9 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).