Palaeortyx volans
species · Gohlich and Pavia 2008 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Neogene
11.63–5.09 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 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 7 million years, from 11.63 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 volans was named in 2008 (Gohlich and Pavia 2008) — 18 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).