Selecting the most recent records based on unique values in another field

[SteveMasters]

Hi,

I have built the model in the picture, which works fine. But the next step I want to do is for each of the new feature classes that are created, I want only the most recent record of each unique record from the species field. But I want all the associated fields to come through into the new feature class. See table picture below, for example I only want the most recent record of Sparrowhawk. 

I am not sure how to do this and if I can add it into the model as part of the process?

Thanks

[Bud]

How to select and tag the most recent record based on date and ID?

[Bud]

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