Saturnaliidae
subfamily · (Ezcurra 2010) · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 9 fossil sites · 3 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–174.7 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
9 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 62 million years, from 237 to 174.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 174.7 million years old — that is roughly 582 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Saturnaliidae was named in 2010 ((Ezcurra 2010)) — 16 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).