Aegothelidae
family · Bonaparte 1853 · accepted · extant
6 descendant taxa · 23 fossil sites · 1 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
18.7–0 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
23 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 19 million years, from 18.7 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.
- Aegothelidae was named in 1853 (Bonaparte 1853) — 173 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 4 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).