Cypselomorphae
superorder · Huxley 1867 · accepted · extant
33 descendant taxa · 19 fossil sites · 8 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Paleogene
56–23.04 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
19 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 33 million years, from 56 to 23.04 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 23.04 million years old — that is roughly 77 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Cypselomorphae was named in 1867 (Huxley 1867) — 159 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- This group contains 33 named taxa, including 16 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).