Trisauropodia
infraorder · Ellenberger 1972 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 1 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
227.3–192.9 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 34 million years, from 227.3 to 192.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 192.9 million years old — that is roughly 643 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Trisauropodia was named in 1972 (Ellenberger 1972) — 54 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 4 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).