Fusioolithus
genus · Fernández and Khosla 2015 · accepted · extinct
5 descendant taxa · 61 fossil sites · 12 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
83.6–66 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
12 rock formations
Fossil record
61 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.
- Fusioolithus was named in 2015 (Fernández and Khosla 2015) — 11 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 12 named rock formations.
- This group contains 5 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).