Therangospodus
genus · Lockley et al. 2000 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 30 fossil sites · 14 formations · 9 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
168.6–119.57 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
14 rock formations
Fossil record
30 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 49 million years, from 168.6 to 119.57 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 119.57 million years old — that is roughly 399 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Therangospodus was named in 2000 (Lockley et al. 2000) — 26 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries and 14 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).