Khebbashia
unranked clade · Fanti et al. 2015 · accepted · extinct
19 descendant taxa · 45 fossil sites · 13 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
143.1–89.8 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
13 rock formations
Fossil record
45 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 53 million years, from 143.1 to 89.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 89.8 million years old — that is roughly 299 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Khebbashia was named in 2015 (Fanti et al. 2015) — 11 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 13 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 19 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).