Palaeognathae
superorder · (Pycraft 1900) · accepted · extant
252 descendant taxa · 389 fossil sites · 75 formations · 45 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
72.2–0 million years ago
Found where
45 countries
75 rock formations
Fossil record
389 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).