Stenopelix valdensis
species · Meyer 1857 · accepted · extinct
1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
139.1–137.05 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
1 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 2 million years, from 139.1 to 137.05 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 137.05 million years old — that is roughly 457 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Stenopelix valdensis was named in 1857 (Meyer 1857) — 169 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).