Anhimae
suborder · Wetmore and Miller 1926 · accepted · extant
8 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 1 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
27.3–0 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 27 million years, from 27.3 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.
- Anhimae was named in 1926 (Wetmore and Miller 1926) — 100 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 8 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).