Circus
genus · Lacépède 1799 · accepted · extant
20 descendant taxa · 36 fossil sites · 13 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
2.58–0 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
36 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.
- Circus was named in 1799 (Lacépède 1799) — 227 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries.
- This group contains 20 named taxa, including 20 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).