Ornithurae
subclass · (Haeckel 1866) · accepted · extant
485 descendant taxa · 1,144 fossil sites · 129 formations · 77 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Quaternary
168.2–0 million years ago
Found where
77 countries
129 rock formations
Fossil record
1,144 sites
1 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 168 million years, from 168.2 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.
- Ornithurae was named in 1866 ((Haeckel 1866)) — 160 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 77 countries and 129 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 485 named taxa, including 276 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).