Piciformes
order · (Meyer and Wolf 1810) · accepted · extant
121 descendant taxa · 141 fossil sites · 7 formations · 20 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
20 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
141 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 56 million years, from 56 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.
- Piciformes was named in 1810 ((Meyer and Wolf 1810)) — 216 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 20 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- This group contains 121 named taxa, including 69 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).