Hydrobatidae
family · Mathews 1912 · accepted · extant
15 descendant taxa · 52 fossil sites · 4 formations · 11 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
11.63–0 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
52 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 12 million years, from 11.63 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.
- Hydrobatidae was named in 1912 (Mathews 1912) — 114 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- This group contains 15 named taxa, including 11 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).