Muttaburrasaurus
genus · Bartholomai and Molnar 1981 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
106.3–93.9 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
3 sites
2 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 106.3 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.
- Muttaburrasaurus was named in 1981 (Bartholomai and Molnar 1981) — 45 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).