Confuciusornithidae
family · Hou et al. 1995 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 25 fossil sites · 4 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
132.6–113.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
4 rock formations
Fossil record
25 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 19 million years, from 132.6 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.
- Confuciusornithidae was named in 1995 (Hou et al. 1995) — 31 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 4 named rock formations.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).