Xenavicula

Xenavicula
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Genus: †
Species:
†X. pamelae
Binomial name
†Xenavicula pamelae
Mayr & Kitchener, 2024

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

Distribution

Xenavicula pamelae fossils are known from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.


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