Yanornithiformes
order · Zhou and Zhang 2001 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 2 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
125.77–113.2 million years ago
Found where
1 country
2 rock formations
Fossil record
6 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 13 million years, from 125.77 to 113.2 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 113.2 million years old — that is roughly 377 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Yanornithiformes was named in 2001 (Zhou and Zhang 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 5 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).