Acrocephalidae
family · Salvin 1882 · accepted · extant
11 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 1 formations · 8 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
11.1–0 million years ago
Found where
8 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
21 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 11.1 to 0 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Acrocephalidae was named in 1882 (Salvin 1882) — 144 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 8 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 11 named taxa, including 9 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).