Carinatae
unranked clade · (Merrem 1813) · accepted · extant
384 descendant taxa · 945 fossil sites · 70 formations · 73 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Quaternary
168.2–0 million years ago
Found where
73 countries
70 rock formations
Fossil record
945 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 168 million years, from 168.2 to 0 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Carinatae was named in 1813 ((Merrem 1813)) — 213 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 73 countries and 70 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 384 named taxa, including 227 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).