Peltohyas
genus · Sharpe 1896 · accepted · extant
1 descendant taxa · 2 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.774–0 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 rock formations
Fossil record
2 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 less than a million years, from 0.774 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.
- Peltohyas was named in 1896 (Sharpe 1896) — 130 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).