Cracticidae
family · (Chenu and des Murs 1855) · accepted · extant
7 descendant taxa · 7 fossil sites · 1 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
18.7–0 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
7 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 19 million years, from 18.7 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.
- Cracticidae was named in 1855 ((Chenu and des Murs 1855)) — 171 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 4 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).