Zosterops
genus · Vigors and Horsfield 1827 · accepted · extant
6 descendant taxa · 18 fossil sites · 5 countries
Lived when
Quaternary
0.129–0 million years ago
Found where
5 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
18 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.
- Zosterops was named in 1827 (Vigors and Horsfield 1827) — 199 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 5 countries.
- This group contains 6 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).