Aphelocoma
genus · Cabanis 1851 · accepted · extant
5 descendant taxa · 13 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
2.58–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
13 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 0.0117 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.
- Aphelocoma was named in 1851 (Cabanis 1851) — 175 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 5 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).