Piatnitzkysauridae
family · Carrano et al. 2012 · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 7 fossil sites · 3 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
182.9–143.1 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
7 sites
9 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 40 million years, from 182.9 to 143.1 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 143.1 million years old — that is roughly 477 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Piatnitzkysauridae was named in 2012 (Carrano et al. 2012) — 14 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 9 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).