Sittidae
family · Lesson 1828 · accepted · extant
7 descendant taxa · 7 fossil sites · 1 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
1.4–0.0117 million years ago
Found where
1 country
0 rock formations
Fossil record
7 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 1 million years, from 1.4 to 0.0117 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 0.012 million years old — that is roughly 0 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Sittidae was named in 1828 (Lesson 1828) — 198 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 5 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).