Megapnosaurus
genus · Ivie et al. 2001 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 5 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–192.9 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
8 sites
8 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 237 to 192.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 192.9 million years old — that is roughly 643 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Megapnosaurus was named in 2001 (Ivie et al. 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- 8 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).