Ornithopsis
genus · Seeley 1870 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Cretaceous
145.06–119.57 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
6 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 25 million years, from 145.06 to 119.57 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 119.57 million years old — that is roughly 399 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Ornithopsis was named in 1870 (Seeley 1870) — 156 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).