Saltasaurinae
subfamily · (Powell 1992) · accepted · extinct
15 descendant taxa · 68 fossil sites · 19 formations · 6 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
6 countries
19 rock formations
Fossil record
68 sites
31 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 35 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Saltasaurinae was named in 1992 ((Powell 1992)) — 34 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 6 countries and 19 named rock formations.
- 31 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 15 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).