Pavo archiaci
species · (Gaudry 1862) · accepted · extinct
7 fossil sites · 1 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
13.82–2.245 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
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 12 million years, from 13.82 to 2.245 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 2.245 million years old — that is roughly 7 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Pavo archiaci was named in 1862 ((Gaudry 1862)) — 164 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).