Galloanserae
unranked clade · Sibley and Ahlquist 1990 · accepted · extant
593 descendant taxa · 1,882 fossil sites · 133 formations · 76 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
83.6–0 million years ago
Found where
76 countries
133 rock formations
Fossil record
1,882 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 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.
- Galloanserae was named in 1990 (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) — 36 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 76 countries and 133 named rock formations.
- This group contains 593 named taxa, including 361 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).