Euenantiornithes
superorder · Chiappe 2002 · accepted · extinct
22 descendant taxa · 24 fossil sites · 9 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
125.77–66 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
9 rock formations
Fossil record
24 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 60 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Euenantiornithes was named in 2002 (Chiappe 2002) — 24 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 9 named rock formations.
- This group contains 22 named taxa, including 12 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).