Oplosaurus
genus · Gervais 1852 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
137.05–121.4 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 rock formations
Fossil record
1 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 16 million years, from 137.05 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Oplosaurus was named in 1852 (Gervais 1852) — 174 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).