Ciconiidae
family · Sundevall 1836 · accepted · extant
62 descendant taxa · 99 fossil sites · 27 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
33.9–0 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
27 rock formations
Fossil record
99 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 34 million years, from 33.9 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.
- Ciconiidae was named in 1836 (Sundevall 1836) — 190 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 27 named rock formations.
- This group contains 62 named taxa, including 47 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).