Passeres
suborder · (Linnaeus 1758) · accepted · extant
24 descendant taxa · 4 fossil sites · 3 formations · 3 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
33.9–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
3 rock formations
Fossil record
4 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 34 million years, from 33.9 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Passeres was named in 1758 ((Linnaeus 1758)) — 268 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries and 3 named rock formations.
- This group contains 24 named taxa, including 5 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).