Ratitae
unranked clade · (Merrem 1813) · accepted · extant
72 descendant taxa · 159 fossil sites · 13 formations · 5 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
72.2–0 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
13 rock formations
Fossil record
159 sites
2 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 72 million years, from 72.2 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.
- Ratitae was named in 1813 ((Merrem 1813)) — 213 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries and 13 named rock formations.
- 2 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 72 named taxa, including 41 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).