Longipterygidae
family · Zhang et al. 2000 · accepted · extinct
16 descendant taxa · 10 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–113.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
10 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 13 million years, from 125.77 to 113.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 113.2 million years old — that is roughly 377 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Longipterygidae was named in 2000 (Zhang et al. 2000) — 26 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 8 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).