Biology:Primapus
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
Primapus Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | †Aegialornithidae |
Genus: | †Primapus Harrison and Walker, 1975 |
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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
- Primapus in the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q1390827 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primapus.
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