Tuojiangosaurus
genus · Dong et al. 1977 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
168.2–161.5 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
9 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 7 million years, from 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 161.5 million years old — that is roughly 538 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Tuojiangosaurus was named in 1977 (Dong et al. 1977) — 49 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 9 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).