Biology:Primapus

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Primapus
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Aegialornithidae
Genus: Primapus
Harrison and Walker, 1975
Species
  • P. lacki Harrison and Walker, 1975 (type)

Primapus is an extinct genus of apodiform bird from the Early Eocene of the United Kingdom . Its fossils were found in the London Clay, which was deposited around 50 million years ago. The type species is P. lacki.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (page 262)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1390827 entry