Falconiformes
unranked clade · (Sharpe 1874) · accepted · extant
146 descendant taxa · 299 fossil sites · 28 formations · 38 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
38 countries
28 rock formations
Fossil record
299 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 56 million years, from 56 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.
- Falconiformes was named in 1874 ((Sharpe 1874)) — 152 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 38 countries and 28 named rock formations.
- This group contains 146 named taxa, including 80 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).