Ypresicolius

Ypresicolius
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coliiformes
Genus: †
Species:
†Y. sandcoleiformis
Binomial name
†Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis
Mayr & Kitchener, 2024

Ypresicolius is an extinct genus of coliiform bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis fossils are known from Walton-on-the-Naze, a fossil site stratigraphically located in the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (12 December 2024). "A new mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, United Kingdom) constitutes a morphological link between sandcoleids and coliids". Geodiversitas. 46 (20). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a20. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.


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