Lithoptila
Not to be confused with Lithophila.
Lithoptila Temporal range: Paleocene (Thanetian), 59.2–56Ma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Family: | Prophaethontidae |
Genus: | Lithoptila |
Species: | L. abdounensis |
Binomial name | |
Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, E. et al. 2005[1] | |
Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of seabird that lived during the Late Paleocene (Thanetian) of Morocco. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.
References
- ↑ Bourdon, E. (2005) Earliest African neornithine bird: a new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(1):157-170.