Baptornis
genus · Marsh 1877 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 10 fossil sites · 3 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
89.8–72.2 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
10 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 18 million years, from 89.8 to 72.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 72.2 million years old — that is roughly 241 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Baptornis was named in 1877 (Marsh 1877) — 149 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 3 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).