Psittacimorphae
superorder · accepted · extant
379 descendant taxa · 1,031 fossil sites · 29 formations · 67 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
83.6–0 million years ago
Found where
67 countries
29 rock formations
Fossil record
1,031 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 84 million years, from 83.6 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.
- Fossils have been recorded in 67 countries and 29 named rock formations.
- This group contains 379 named taxa, including 223 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).