Prismatoolithus
genus · Zhao and Li 1993 · accepted · extinct
13 descendant taxa · 58 fossil sites · 23 formations · 10 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
125.77–66 million years ago
Found where
10 countries
23 rock formations
Fossil record
58 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 60 million years, from 125.77 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.
- Prismatoolithus was named in 1993 (Zhao and Li 1993) — 33 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 10 countries and 23 named rock formations.
- This group contains 13 named taxa, including 13 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).