Neosauropoda
unranked clade · Bonaparte 1986 · accepted · extinct
570 descendant taxa · 1,811 fossil sites · 288 formations · 58 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
201.4–66 million years ago
Found where
58 countries
288 rock formations
Fossil record
1,811 sites
397 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 135 million years, from 201.4 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Neosauropoda was named in 1986 (Bonaparte 1986) — 40 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 58 countries and 288 named rock formations.
- 397 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 570 named taxa, including 259 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).