Tetrao macropus
species · Jánossy 1967 · accepted · extinct
1 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
5.09–1.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 rock formations
Fossil record
1 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 3 million years, from 5.09 to 1.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 1.8 million years old — that is roughly 6 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Tetrao macropus was named in 1967 (Jánossy 1967) — 59 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).