Syntarsus
genus · Raath 1969 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 11 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
205.7–184.2 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
11 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 22 million years, from 205.7 to 184.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 184.2 million years old — that is roughly 614 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Syntarsus was named in 1969 (Raath 1969) — 57 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).