Brachyrostra
unranked clade · Canale et al. 2008 · accepted · extinct
39 descendant taxa · 28 fossil sites · 13 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
113.2–66 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
13 rock formations
Fossil record
28 sites
20 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 47 million years, from 113.2 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Brachyrostra was named in 2008 (Canale et al. 2008) — 18 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 13 named rock formations.
- 20 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 39 named taxa, including 18 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).