Feraequornithes
unranked clade · Sangster and Mayr 2021 · accepted · extant
948 descendant taxa · 2,580 fossil sites · 198 formations · 101 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
132.6–0 million years ago
Found where
101 countries
198 rock formations
Fossil record
2,580 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 133 million years, from 132.6 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.
- Feraequornithes was named in 2021 (Sangster and Mayr 2021) — 5 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 101 countries and 198 named rock formations.
- This group contains 948 named taxa, including 614 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).