Parapredentata
unranked clade · Norman 2022 · accepted · extinct
324 descendant taxa · 1,315 fossil sites · 312 formations · 44 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
247–66 million years ago
Found where
44 countries
312 rock formations
Fossil record
1,315 sites
251 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 181 million years, from 247 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.
- Parapredentata was named in 2022 (Norman 2022) — 4 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 44 countries and 312 named rock formations.
- 251 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 324 named taxa, including 145 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).