Galerida
genus · Boie 1828 · accepted · extant
1 descendant taxa · 8 fossil sites · 1 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
7.246–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
8 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 7 million years, from 7.246 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.
- Galerida was named in 1828 (Boie 1828) — 198 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).