Sauropodiformes
unranked clade · Sereno 2007 · accepted · extinct
858 descendant taxa · 3,632 fossil sites · 557 formations · 71 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
227.3–66 million years ago
Found where
71 countries
557 rock formations
Fossil record
3,632 sites
507 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.
- Sauropodiformes was named in 2007 (Sereno 2007) — 19 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 71 countries and 557 named rock formations.
- 507 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 858 named taxa, including 403 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).