Casuariidae
family · Kaup 1847 · accepted · extant
18 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 8 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
27.3–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
21 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 27 million years, from 27.3 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Casuariidae was named in 1847 (Kaup 1847) — 179 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 18 named taxa, including 10 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).