Shunosaurus
genus · Dong et al. 1983 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
174.7–154.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
10 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 20 million years, from 174.7 to 154.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 154.8 million years old — that is roughly 516 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Shunosaurus was named in 1983 (Dong et al. 1983) — 43 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 10 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).