Parafaveoloolithus
genus · Zhang 2010 · accepted · extinct
6 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 5 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
143.1–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
8 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 77 million years, from 143.1 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Parafaveoloolithus was named in 2010 (Zhang 2010) — 16 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).