Aepyornithidae
family · Bonaparte 1853 · accepted · extinct
8 descendant taxa · 17 fossil sites · 2 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
20.45–0 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
17 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 20 million years, from 20.45 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.
- Aepyornithidae was named in 1853 (Bonaparte 1853) — 173 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 6 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).