Noasauridae
family · Bonaparte and Powell 1980 · accepted · extinct
30 descendant taxa · 67 fossil sites · 22 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
174.7–66 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
22 rock formations
Fossil record
67 sites
41 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 109 million years, from 174.7 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.
- Noasauridae was named in 1980 (Bonaparte and Powell 1980) — 46 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 22 named rock formations.
- 41 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 30 named taxa, including 14 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).