Turiasauria
unranked clade · Royo-Torres et al. 2006 · accepted · extinct
16 descendant taxa · 40 fossil sites · 16 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
192.9–119.57 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
16 rock formations
Fossil record
40 sites
3 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 73 million years, from 192.9 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.
- Turiasauria was named in 2006 (Royo-Torres et al. 2006) — 20 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 16 named rock formations.
- 3 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).