Sauropodomorpha
unranked clade · (Huene 1932) · accepted · extinct
1,037 descendant taxa · 4,177 fossil sites · 624 formations · 77 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
247–66 million years ago
Found where
77 countries
624 rock formations
Fossil record
4,177 sites
542 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 181 million years, from 247 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.
- Sauropodomorpha was named in 1932 ((Huene 1932)) — 94 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 77 countries and 624 named rock formations.
- 542 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 1,037 named taxa, including 492 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).