Bathornis grallator
species · (Wetmore 1944) · accepted · extinct
1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Paleogene
45.9–39.7 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 6 million years, from 45.9 to 39.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 39.7 million years old — that is roughly 132 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Bathornis grallator was named in 1944 ((Wetmore 1944)) — 82 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).