Apodinae
subfamily · Hartert 1897 · accepted · extant
7 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 9 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
5.333–0 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
21 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 5 million years, from 5.333 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.
- Apodinae was named in 1897 (Hartert 1897) — 129 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 6 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).