Mergini
tribe · (Bonaparte 1838) · accepted · extant
33 descendant taxa · 260 fossil sites · 26 formations · 18 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
15.98–0 million years ago
Found where
18 countries
26 rock formations
Fossil record
260 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 16 million years, from 15.98 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.
- Mergini was named in 1838 ((Bonaparte 1838)) — 188 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 18 countries and 26 named rock formations.
- This group contains 33 named taxa, including 22 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).