Sauropoda
unranked clade · (Marsh 1878) · accepted · extinct
818 descendant taxa · 3,583 fossil sites · 551 formations · 70 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
227.3–66 million years ago
Found where
70 countries
551 rock formations
Fossil record
3,583 sites
500 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 161 million years, from 227.3 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.
- Sauropoda was named in 1878 ((Marsh 1878)) — 148 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 70 countries and 551 named rock formations.
- 500 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 818 named taxa, including 382 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).