Limicorallus
genus · Kurochkin 1968 · accepted · extinct
2 descendant taxa · 2 fossil sites · 2 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Neogene
27.3–22.4 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
2 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 5 million years, from 27.3 to 22.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 22.4 million years old — that is roughly 75 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Limicorallus was named in 1968 (Kurochkin 1968) — 58 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 2 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).