Pelagornis stirtoni
species · (Howard and Warter 1969) · accepted · extinct
1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
3.6–2.58 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 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 1 million years, from 3.6 to 2.58 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 2.58 million years old — that is roughly 9 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Pelagornis stirtoni was named in 1969 ((Howard and Warter 1969)) — 57 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).