Ciconiiformes
order · (Bonaparte 1854) · accepted · extant
101 descendant taxa · 128 fossil sites · 33 formations · 24 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
132.6–0 million years ago
Found where
24 countries
33 rock formations
Fossil record
128 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 133 million years, from 132.6 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.
- Ciconiiformes was named in 1854 ((Bonaparte 1854)) — 172 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 24 countries and 33 named rock formations.
- This group contains 101 named taxa, including 57 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).