Saltasauroidea
superfamily · (Powell 1992) · accepted · extinct
43 descendant taxa · 96 fossil sites · 30 formations · 14 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
121.4–66 million years ago
Found where
14 countries
30 rock formations
Fossil record
96 sites
66 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 55 million years, from 121.4 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.
- Saltasauroidea was named in 1992 ((Powell 1992)) — 34 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 14 countries and 30 named rock formations.
- 66 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 43 named taxa, including 19 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).