Ornithuromorpha
unranked clade · Chiappe and et al 1999 · accepted · extant
547 descendant taxa · 1,180 fossil sites · 138 formations · 79 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Quaternary
168.2–0 million years ago
Found where
79 countries
138 rock formations
Fossil record
1,180 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.
- Ornithuromorpha was named in 1999 (Chiappe and et al 1999) — 27 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 79 countries and 138 named rock formations.
- 1 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 547 named taxa, including 305 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).