Minisauripus zhenshuonani
species · Lockley et al. 2008 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
143.1–100.5 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 43 million years, from 143.1 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Minisauripus zhenshuonani was named in 2008 (Lockley et al. 2008) — 18 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).