Archaeodromus

Archaeodromus
Temporal range: Early Ypresian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Family: †Archaeotrogonidae
Genus: †Archaeodromus
Mayr, 2021
Species:
†A. anglicus
Binomial name
†Archaeodromus anglicus
Mayr, 2021

Archaeodromus anglicus is a species of prehistoric bird in the family Archaeotrogonidae, found in the Early Ypresian of the London Clay formation. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Archaeodromus. Both species and genus were described in 2021 by Gerald Mayr.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald (November 2021). "An early Eocene fossil from the British London Clay elucidates the evolutionary history of the enigmatic Archaeotrogonidae (Aves, Strisores)". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 2049–2064. doi:10.1002/spp2.1392.


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