Titanosauriformes
unranked clade · Salgado et al. 1997 · accepted · extinct
418 descendant taxa · 1,155 fossil sites · 261 formations · 55 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
182.9–66 million years ago
Found where
55 countries
261 rock formations
Fossil record
1,155 sites
223 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 117 million years, from 182.9 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Titanosauriformes was named in 1997 (Salgado et al. 1997) — 29 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 55 countries and 261 named rock formations.
- 223 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 418 named taxa, including 188 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).