Tinamiformes
order · Huxley 1872 · accepted · extant
65 descendant taxa · 29 fossil sites · 7 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
17.5–0 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
7 rock formations
Fossil record
29 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 18 million years, from 17.5 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.
- Tinamiformes was named in 1872 (Huxley 1872) — 154 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 7 named rock formations.
- This group contains 65 named taxa, including 53 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).