Tawa hallae
species · Nesbitt et al. 2009 · accepted · extinct
3 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Triassic
227.3–205.7 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
3 sites
4 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 22 million years, from 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 205.7 million years old — that is roughly 686 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Tawa hallae was named in 2009 (Nesbitt et al. 2009) — 17 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 4 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).