Cimolopterygidae
family · Brodkorb 1963 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 11 fossil sites · 5 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
11 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 18 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Cimolopterygidae was named in 1963 (Brodkorb 1963) — 63 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).