Pliogallus
genus · Gaillard 1939 · accepted · extinct
3 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
4.16–2.245 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 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 2 million years, from 4.16 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.
- Pliogallus was named in 1939 (Gaillard 1939) — 87 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
- This group contains 3 named taxa, including 3 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).