Anseriformes
order · (Wagler 1831) · accepted · extant
547 descendant taxa · 1,823 fossil sites · 125 formations · 75 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
83.6–0 million years ago
Found where
75 countries
125 rock formations
Fossil record
1,823 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 84 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Anseriformes was named in 1831 ((Wagler 1831)) — 195 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 75 countries and 125 named rock formations.
- This group contains 547 named taxa, including 339 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).