Galliformes
suborder · (Temminck 1820) · accepted · extant
367 descendant taxa · 935 fossil sites · 67 formations · 73 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
83.6–0 million years ago
Found where
73 countries
67 rock formations
Fossil record
935 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 84 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Galliformes was named in 1820 ((Temminck 1820)) — 206 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 73 countries and 67 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 367 named taxa, including 223 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).