Pelecanimorphae
superorder · Huxley 1867 · accepted · extant
580 descendant taxa · 1,302 fossil sites · 135 formations · 87 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
132.6–0 million years ago
Found where
87 countries
135 rock formations
Fossil record
1,302 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 133 million years, from 132.6 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.
- Pelecanimorphae was named in 1867 (Huxley 1867) — 159 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 87 countries and 135 named rock formations.
- This group contains 580 named taxa, including 370 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).