Multifissoolithus
genus · Zhang et al. 2019 · accepted · extinct
3 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
121.4–83.6 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 38 million years, from 121.4 to 83.6 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 83.6 million years old — that is roughly 279 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Multifissoolithus was named in 2019 (Zhang et al. 2019) — 7 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- This group contains 3 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).