Otozoum
genus · Hitchcock 1847 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 26 fossil sites · 11 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–174.7 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
11 rock formations
Fossil record
26 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 62 million years, from 237 to 174.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 174.7 million years old — that is roughly 582 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Otozoum was named in 1847 (Hitchcock 1847) — 179 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 11 named rock formations.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).