Microsula pygmaea
species · (Milne-Edwards 1874) · accepted · extinct
2 fossil sites · 1 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Neogene
20.45–13.82 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
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 7 million years, from 20.45 to 13.82 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 13.82 million years old — that is roughly 46 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Microsula pygmaea was named in 1874 ((Milne-Edwards 1874)) — 152 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).