Lari
suborder · Sharpe 1891 · accepted · extant
151 descendant taxa · 520 fossil sites · 22 formations · 52 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
52 countries
22 rock formations
Fossil record
520 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.
- Lari was named in 1891 (Sharpe 1891) — 135 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 52 countries and 22 named rock formations.
- This group contains 151 named taxa, including 93 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).