Pelecanimimus
genus · Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–121.4 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 4 million years, from 125.77 to 121.4 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 121.4 million years old — that is roughly 405 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Pelecanimimus was named in 1994 (Pérez-Moreno et al. 1994) — 32 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).