Laromorphae
unranked clade · De Pietri et al. 2011 · accepted · extant
10 descendant taxa · 10 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Neogene
33.9–20.45 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
10 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 13 million years, from 33.9 to 20.45 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 20.45 million years old — that is roughly 68 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Laromorphae was named in 2011 (De Pietri et al. 2011) — 15 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 10 named taxa, including 7 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).