Diomedeidae
family · Gray 1840 · accepted · extant
30 descendant taxa · 102 fossil sites · 21 formations · 15 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
41.03–0 million years ago
Found where
15 countries
21 rock formations
Fossil record
102 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 41 million years, from 41.03 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.
- Diomedeidae was named in 1840 (Gray 1840) — 186 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 15 countries and 21 named rock formations.
- This group contains 30 named taxa, including 22 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).