Averostriformes
unranked clade · Wang et al. 2026 · accepted · extant
1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
201.4–199.5 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 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 2 million years, from 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 199.5 million years old — that is roughly 665 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Averostriformes was named in 2026 (Wang et al. 2026) — 0 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).