Scolopacidae
family · Rafinesque 1815 · accepted · extant
134 descendant taxa · 507 fossil sites · 23 formations · 53 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
41.03–0 million years ago
Found where
53 countries
23 rock formations
Fossil record
507 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 41 million years, from 41.03 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.
- Scolopacidae was named in 1815 (Rafinesque 1815) — 211 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 53 countries and 23 named rock formations.
- This group contains 134 named taxa, including 95 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).