Procellariidae
family · Vigors 1825 · accepted · extant
138 descendant taxa · 756 fossil sites · 34 formations · 60 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
59.24–0 million years ago
Found where
60 countries
34 rock formations
Fossil record
756 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 59 million years, from 59.24 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.
- Procellariidae was named in 1825 (Vigors 1825) — 201 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 60 countries and 34 named rock formations.
- This group contains 138 named taxa, including 107 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).