Ypresicolius
Extinct genus of birds
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Ypresicolius is an extinct genus of coliiform bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
| Ypresicolius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coliiformes |
| Genus: | †Ypresicolius |
| Species: | †Y. sandcoleiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis Mayr & Kitchener, 2024 | |
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]
