Biology:Lithoptila

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Lithoptila
Temporal range: Paleocene (Thanetian), 59.2–56 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Prophaethontidae
Genus: Lithoptila
Bourdon, 2005
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

Wikidata ☰ Q21484805 entry