Plateosauridae
family · Marsh 1895 · accepted · extinct
22 descendant taxa · 72 fossil sites · 23 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–168.2 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
23 rock formations
Fossil record
72 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 69 million years, from 237 to 168.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 168.2 million years old — that is roughly 561 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Plateosauridae was named in 1895 (Marsh 1895) — 131 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 23 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 22 named taxa, including 14 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).