Alaripeda
genus · Sarjeant and Reynolds 2001 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 2 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
72.2–33.9 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
2 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 38 million years, from 72.2 to 33.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 33.9 million years old — that is roughly 113 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Alaripeda was named in 2001 (Sarjeant and Reynolds 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).