Pyrodontia
unranked clade · Fonseca et al. 2024 · accepted · extinct
851 descendant taxa · 5,220 fossil sites · 588 formations · 65 countries
Lived when
Triassic – Paleogene
237–61.66 million years ago
Found where
65 countries
588 rock formations
Fossil record
5,220 sites
500 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 175 million years, from 237 to 61.66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 61.66 million years old — that is roughly 206 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Pyrodontia was named in 2024 (Fonseca et al. 2024) — 2 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 65 countries and 588 named rock formations.
- 500 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 851 named taxa, including 408 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).