Orionides
unranked clade · Carrano et al. 2012 · accepted · extant
1 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
159–154.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 rock formations
Fossil record
1 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 4 million years, from 159 to 154.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 154.8 million years old — that is roughly 516 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Orionides was named in 2012 (Carrano et al. 2012) — 14 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).