Rebbachisauridae
unranked clade · (Bonaparte 1997) · accepted · extinct
48 descendant taxa · 77 fossil sites · 23 formations · 10 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
149.2–85.7 million years ago
Found where
10 countries
23 rock formations
Fossil record
77 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 63 million years, from 149.2 to 85.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 85.7 million years old — that is roughly 286 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Rebbachisauridae was named in 1997 ((Bonaparte 1997)) — 29 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 10 countries and 23 named rock formations.
- 9 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 48 named taxa, including 22 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).