Neoanomoepus
genus · Lockley et al. 2009 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
149.2–121.4 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 28 million years, from 149.2 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Neoanomoepus was named in 2009 (Lockley et al. 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).