Panalcidae
unranked clade · Smith 2011 · accepted · extant
2 descendant taxa · 26 fossil sites · 7 formations · 2 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
20.45–0.129 million years ago
Found where
2 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
26 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 20 million years, from 20.45 to 0.129 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.129 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Panalcidae was named in 2011 (Smith 2011) — 15 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 2 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- This group contains 2 named taxa, including 1 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).