Parabrontopodus
genus · Lockley et al. 1995 · accepted · extinct
3 descendant taxa · 46 fossil sites · 20 formations · 12 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
201.4–100.5 million years ago
Found where
12 countries
20 rock formations
Fossil record
46 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.
- Parabrontopodus was named in 1995 (Lockley et al. 1995) — 31 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 12 countries and 20 named rock formations.
- This group contains 3 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).