Prophaethon

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Fossil range: Early Eocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes?
Family: Prophaethontidae
Genus: Prophaethon
Species: P. shrubsolei
Binomial name
Prophaethon shrubsolei

Prophaethon is a genus of seabird that lived during the Early Eocene (Ypresian, c.56-49 mya). It is known from fairly comprehensive remains of a single individual, namely skull and some limb bones, which were recovered from the London Clay on the Isle of Sheppey, England. Thus, the genus contains only a single species, Prophaethon shrubsolei. As indicated by its name, it is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.


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