Spheroolithus europaeus
species · Sellés et al. 2014 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 3 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
100.5–66 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 35 million years, from 100.5 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.
- Spheroolithus europaeus was named in 2014 (Sellés et al. 2014) — 12 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 3 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).