Lithoptila
Extinct genus of birds
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Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of prophaethontid seabird that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.
| Lithoptila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | †Prophaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Lithoptila Bourdon, 2005 |
| Species: | †L. abdounensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, E. et al. 2005 | |
Distribution
L. abdounensis lived in Morocco,[1] its fossils having been found in strata dating to both the Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene.[2]
