Bucephala
genus · Baird 1858 · accepted · extant
6 descendant taxa · 42 fossil sites · 11 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
13.82–0 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
11 rock formations
Fossil record
42 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 14 million years, from 13.82 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.
- Bucephala was named in 1858 (Baird 1858) — 168 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 11 named rock formations.
- This group contains 6 named taxa, including 5 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).