Callaeas
genus · Forster 1788 · accepted · extant
1 descendant taxa · 13 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.129–0 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 less than a million years, from 0.129 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.
- Callaeas was named in 1788 (Forster 1788) — 238 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).