Tytonidae
family · Ridgway 1914 · accepted · extant
28 descendant taxa · 141 fossil sites · 4 formations · 31 countries
Lived when
Paleogene – Quaternary
37.71–0 million years ago
Found where
31 countries
4 rock formations
Fossil record
141 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 38 million years, from 37.71 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.
- Tytonidae was named in 1914 (Ridgway 1914) — 112 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 31 countries and 4 named rock formations.
- This group contains 28 named taxa, including 16 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).