Enantiornithes
subclass · (Walker 1981) · accepted · extinct
240 descendant taxa · 183 fossil sites · 51 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
161.5–61.66 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
51 rock formations
Fossil record
183 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 100 million years, from 161.5 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Enantiornithes was named in 1981 ((Walker 1981)) — 45 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 51 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 240 named taxa, including 108 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).