Threskiornithidae
family · Richmond 1917 · accepted · extant
62 descendant taxa · 88 fossil sites · 18 formations · 31 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
56–0 million years ago
Found where
31 countries
18 rock formations
Fossil record
88 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 56 million years, from 56 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.
- Threskiornithidae was named in 1917 (Richmond 1917) — 109 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 31 countries and 18 named rock formations.
- This group contains 62 named taxa, including 40 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).