Telmatorae
unranked clade · accepted · extant
515 descendant taxa · 1,049 fossil sites · 104 formations · 72 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Quaternary
100.5–0 million years ago
Found where
72 countries
104 rock formations
Fossil record
1,049 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 101 million years, from 100.5 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 72 countries and 104 named rock formations.
- This group contains 515 named taxa, including 323 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).