Tyrannus
genus · Linnaeus 1766 · accepted · extant
8 descendant taxa · 22 fossil sites · 9 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.21–0 million years ago
Found where
9 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
22 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 less than a million years, from 0.21 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.
- Tyrannus was named in 1766 (Linnaeus 1766) — 260 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 9 countries.
- This group contains 8 named taxa, including 6 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).