Idiornithidae
family · Brodkorb 1965 · accepted · extinct
10 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 1 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Paleogene
48.07–23.04 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
4 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 25 million years, from 48.07 to 23.04 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 23.04 million years old — that is roughly 77 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Idiornithidae was named in 1965 (Brodkorb 1965) — 61 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 7 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).