Pluvialis dominica
species · (Mueller 1776) · accepted · extant
13 fossil sites · 9 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.129–0 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
13 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 0.129 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.
- Pluvialis dominica was named in 1776 ((Mueller 1776)) — 250 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).