Neornithes
subclass · (Gadow 1893) · accepted · extant
4,794 descendant taxa · 11,114 fossil sites · 392 formations · 132 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
132.6–0 million years ago
Found where
132 countries
392 rock formations
Fossil record
11,114 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 133 million years, from 132.6 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.
- Neornithes was named in 1893 ((Gadow 1893)) — 133 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 132 countries and 392 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 4,794 named taxa, including 2,825 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).