Odontopterygiformes
order · Howard 1957 · accepted · extinct
28 descendant taxa · 113 fossil sites · 44 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
61.66–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
44 rock formations
Fossil record
113 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 62 million years, from 61.66 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Odontopterygiformes was named in 1957 (Howard 1957) — 69 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 44 named rock formations.
- This group contains 28 named taxa, including 18 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).