Parabrontopodidae
family · Apesteguía 2005 · accepted · extinct
6 descendant taxa · 54 fossil sites · 24 formations · 14 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–100.5 million years ago
Found where
14 countries
24 rock formations
Fossil record
54 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 101 million years, from 201.4 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Parabrontopodidae was named in 2005 (Apesteguía 2005) — 21 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 14 countries and 24 named rock formations.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).