Emberizidae
family · (Vigors 1831) · accepted · extant
8 descendant taxa · 31 fossil sites · 11 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
8.725–0 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
31 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 9 million years, from 8.725 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.
- Emberizidae was named in 1831 ((Vigors 1831)) — 195 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 5 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).