Caudipterygidae
family · Osmólska et al. 2004 · accepted · extinct
4 descendant taxa · 2 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–113.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
2 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 13 million years, from 125.77 to 113.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 113.2 million years old — that is roughly 377 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Caudipterygidae was named in 2004 (Osmólska et al. 2004) — 22 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).