Biology:Prophaethon
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Prophaethon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | †Prophaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Prophaethon |
| Species: | †P. shrubsolei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prophaethon shrubsolei Andrews, C.W. 1899[1]
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Prophaethon is an extinct genus of seabird that lived during the Early Eocene (Ypresian, c.56-49 mya). It is essentially 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 . Some more indeterminable remains from the Late Paleocene of Maryland, US might also belong here. Thus, the genus contains only a single species, Prophaethon shrubsolei. As indicated by its name, it is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.
References
- ↑ Andrews, Chas. W. (1899). "On the Remains of a new Bird from the London Clay of Sheppey". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67 (3): 776–785. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06889.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70018.
Wikidata ☰ Q18608891 entry
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