Avipedidae
family · Sarjeant and Langston 1994 · accepted · extinct
6 descendant taxa · 24 fossil sites · 15 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Quaternary
152.21–2.58 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
15 rock formations
Fossil record
24 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 150 million years, from 152.21 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.
- Avipedidae was named in 1994 (Sarjeant and Langston 1994) — 32 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 15 named rock formations.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).