Pangalloanserae
unranked clade · Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001 · accepted · extant
596 descendant taxa · 1,883 fossil sites · 134 formations · 76 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
83.6–0 million years ago
Found where
76 countries
134 rock formations
Fossil record
1,883 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 84 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Pangalloanserae was named in 2001 (Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001) — 25 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 76 countries and 134 named rock formations.
- This group contains 596 named taxa, including 362 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).