Breviparopus
genus · Dutuit and Ouazzou 1980 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 5 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
174.7–149.2 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
8 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 26 million years, from 174.7 to 149.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 149.2 million years old — that is roughly 497 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Breviparopus was named in 1980 (Dutuit and Ouazzou 1980) — 46 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 5 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).