Pelagornithidae
family · Fürbringer 1888 · accepted · extinct
27 descendant taxa · 110 fossil sites · 42 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
61.66–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
42 rock formations
Fossil record
110 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 62 million years, from 61.66 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.
- Pelagornithidae was named in 1888 (Fürbringer 1888) — 138 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 42 named rock formations.
- This group contains 27 named taxa, including 18 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).