Phaethontiformes
order · (Sharpe 1891) · accepted · extant
19 descendant taxa · 98 fossil sites · 8 formations · 21 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
61.66–0 million years ago
Found where
21 countries
8 rock formations
Fossil record
98 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 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.
- Phaethontiformes was named in 1891 ((Sharpe 1891)) — 135 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 21 countries and 8 named rock formations.
- This group contains 19 named taxa, including 10 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).