Avipeda
genus · Vialov 1965 · accepted · extinct
9 fossil sites · 2 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
72.2–2.58 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
9 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 70 million years, from 72.2 to 2.58 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 2.58 million years old — that is roughly 9 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Avipeda was named in 1965 (Vialov 1965) — 61 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).