Glareolidae
family · Brehm 1831 · accepted · extant
20 descendant taxa · 15 fossil sites · 4 formations · 7 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
7 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
15 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.
- Glareolidae was named in 1831 (Brehm 1831) — 195 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 7 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- This group contains 20 named taxa, including 10 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).