Silesauridae
unranked clade · Langer et al. 2010 · accepted · extinct
25 descendant taxa · 40 fossil sites · 13 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Cretaceous
247–72.2 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
13 rock formations
Fossil record
40 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 175 million years, from 247 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Silesauridae was named in 2010 (Langer et al. 2010) — 16 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 13 named rock formations.
- This group contains 25 named taxa, including 12 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).