Athene veta
species · Janossy 1974 · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 2 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
5.333–1.8 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
0 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 4 million years, from 5.333 to 1.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 1.8 million years old — that is roughly 6 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Athene veta was named in 1974 (Janossy 1974) — 52 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).