Fregatidae
family · Garrod 1874 · accepted · extant
12 descendant taxa · 69 fossil sites · 3 formations · 13 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
13 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
69 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.
- Fregatidae was named in 1874 (Garrod 1874) — 152 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 13 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- This group contains 12 named taxa, including 8 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).