Palaeortyx joleaudi
species · Ennouchi 1930 · accepted · extinct
7 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Neogene
20.45–5.09 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
7 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 15 million years, from 20.45 to 5.09 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 5.09 million years old — that is roughly 17 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Palaeortyx joleaudi was named in 1930 (Ennouchi 1930) — 96 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).