Psilopterinae
subfamily · (Dolgopol de Saez 1927) · accepted · extinct
16 descendant taxa · 37 fossil sites · 10 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
10 rock formations
Fossil record
37 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 56 million years, from 56 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Psilopterinae was named in 1927 ((Dolgopol de Saez 1927)) — 99 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 10 named rock formations.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 13 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).