Furnariidae
family · Gray 1840 · accepted · extant
12 descendant taxa · 3 fossil sites · 2 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
1.75–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
2 rock formations
Fossil record
3 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 2 million years, from 1.75 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Furnariidae was named in 1840 (Gray 1840) — 186 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 2 named rock formations.
- This group contains 12 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).