Ruopodosaurus
genus · Arbour et al. 2024 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
121.4–93.9 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
5 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 28 million years, from 121.4 to 93.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 93.9 million years old — that is roughly 313 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Ruopodosaurus was named in 2024 (Arbour et al. 2024) — 2 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).