Sulcitarsus
| Sulcitarsus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †S. aenigmatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sulcitarsus aenigmatus Mayr & Kitchener, 2024
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Sulcitarsus is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Sulcitarsus aenigmatus is known from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.[1]
References
- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (14 October 2024). "Two distinctive, but difficult-to-classify, avian species and a new trogon (Trogoniformes) from the early Eocene London Clay". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 312 (3): 309–323. Bibcode:2024NJGPA.312..309M. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1216. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.