Psilopterus
genus · Moreno and Mercerat 1891 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 28 fossil sites · 5 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
23.04–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
28 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 23 million years, from 23.04 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.
- Psilopterus was named in 1891 (Moreno and Mercerat 1891) — 135 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 10 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).