Agapornis

genus · Selby 1836 · accepted · extant

1 descendant taxa · 1 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries

Lived when

Neogene – Quaternary

3.6–0.0117 million years ago

Found where

1 country

1 rock formations

Fossil record

1 sites

0 catalogued specimens

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Immediate children

Terminal taxon — no children recorded.

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Facts from the record

Its fossils span about 4 million years, from 3.6 to 0.0117 million years ago.
The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
Agapornis was named in 1836 (Selby 1836) — 190 years ago.
Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.

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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).