Alcedinidae
family · Rafinesque 1815 · accepted · extant
24 descendant taxa · 39 fossil sites · 11 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
2.58–0 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
39 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 3 million years, from 2.58 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.
- Alcedinidae was named in 1815 (Rafinesque 1815) — 211 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries.
- This group contains 24 named taxa, including 14 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).