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Phaethontiformes

Bird Orders

Phaethontiformes is a bird order containing one living family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and an extinct family, Prophaethontidae, from the early Cenozoic. Fossil genera assigned to the order are known as far back as the Paleocene, with the group origins possibly extending into the very end of the Cretaceous.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ12765692, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Phaethontiformes
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The Phaethontiformes are an order of birds.
  • In Group: Waterbird Orders, Lead paragraph
    They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early Cenozoic.
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Wikidata: Phaethontiformes
Wikidata Q12765692, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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