Sulcimentisauria
unranked clade · Martz and Small 2019 · accepted · extinct
14 descendant taxa · 16 fossil sites · 8 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
247–201.4 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
16 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 46 million years, from 247 to 201.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 201.4 million years old — that is roughly 671 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Sulcimentisauria was named in 2019 (Martz and Small 2019) — 7 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- This group contains 14 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).