Sulcitarsus
Appearance
This article relies on a single source. (March 2025) |
| Sulcitarsus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Genus: | †Sulcitarsus |
| Species: | †S. aenigmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sulcitarsus aenigmatus Mayr & Kitchener, 2024 | |
Sulcitarsus is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Sulcitarsus aenigmatus is known from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.