Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus
species · (Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982) · accepted · extinct
4 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
161.5–149.2 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
4 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 12 million years, from 161.5 to 149.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 149.2 million years old — that is roughly 497 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus was named in 1982 ((Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1982)) — 44 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).