Macroelongatoolithus zhangi
species · Fang et al. 2000 · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
100.5–89.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 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 11 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Macroelongatoolithus zhangi was named in 2000 (Fang et al. 2000) — 26 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).