Phaethusavis

Phaethusavis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Phaethontidae
Genus: †
Species:
†P. pelagicus
Binomial name
†Phaethusavis pelagicus
Bourdon et. al., 2008

Phaethusavis is an extinct genus of phaethontid that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Phaethusavis pelagicus is known from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bourdon, Estelle; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, Baâdi (July–August 2008). "A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco". Geobios. 41 (4): 455–459. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.11.002. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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