Coracii
suborder · Wetmore and Miller 1926 · accepted · extant
23 descendant taxa · 21 fossil sites · 5 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Paleogene
56–33.9 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
5 rock formations
Fossil record
21 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 22 million years, from 56 to 33.9 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 33.9 million years old — that is roughly 113 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Coracii was named in 1926 (Wetmore and Miller 1926) — 100 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 5 named rock formations.
- This group contains 23 named taxa, including 11 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).