Yi
genus · Xu et al. 2015 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Jurassic
165.3–154.8 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 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 11 million years, from 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 154.8 million years old — that is roughly 516 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Yi was named in 2015 (Xu et al. 2015) — 11 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).