Parulidae
family · Wetmore et al. 1947 · accepted · extant
16 descendant taxa · 27 fossil sites · 1 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
18.5–0 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
1 rock formations
Fossil record
27 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 19 million years, from 18.5 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.
- Parulidae was named in 1947 (Wetmore et al. 1947) — 79 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 1 named rock formations.
- This group contains 16 named taxa, including 9 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).