Zapornia
genus · Leach 1816 · accepted · extant
7 descendant taxa · 40 fossil sites · 11 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.129–0 million years ago
Found where
11 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
40 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 0.129 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.
- Zapornia was named in 1816 (Leach 1816) — 210 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 11 countries.
- This group contains 7 named taxa, including 7 species.
- This group is not extinct — living birds belong inside it.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).