Scelidosauridae
family · Cope 1869 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 14 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
205.7–174.7 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
14 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 31 million years, from 205.7 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.
- Scelidosauridae was named in 1869 (Cope 1869) — 157 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).