Aves
class · (Linnaeus 1758) · accepted · extant
6,187 descendant taxa · 15,185 fossil sites · 610 formations · 149 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Quaternary
161.5–0 million years ago
Found where
149 countries
610 rock formations
Fossil record
15,185 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 162 million years, from 161.5 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.
- Aves was named in 1758 ((Linnaeus 1758)) — 268 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 149 countries and 610 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 6,187 named taxa, including 3,610 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).