Cardinalidae
family · Ridgway 1901 · accepted · extant
11 descendant taxa · 20 fossil sites · 2 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
2.58–0 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
20 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 3 million years, from 2.58 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.
- Cardinalidae was named in 1901 (Ridgway 1901) — 125 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries.
- This group contains 11 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).