Anomoepus scambus
species · Hitchcock 1848 · accepted · extinct
73 fossil sites · 12 formations · 6 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Jurassic
237–174.7 million years ago
Found where
6 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
73 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 62 million years, from 237 to 174.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 174.7 million years old — that is roughly 582 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Anomoepus scambus was named in 1848 (Hitchcock 1848) — 178 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 6 countries and 12 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).