Buteonidae
family · Vigors 1824 · accepted · extant
13 descendant taxa · 6 fossil sites · 3 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
23.1–0 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
6 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 23 million years, from 23.1 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.
- Buteonidae was named in 1824 (Vigors 1824) — 202 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- This group contains 13 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).