Parasaurolophini
tribe · Glut 1997 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 23 fossil sites · 8 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
23 sites
10 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 18 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Parasaurolophini was named in 1997 (Glut 1997) — 29 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 10 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).