Prefica
Appearance
Prefica Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Genus: | †Prefica |
Species: | †P. nivea
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Binomial name | |
†Prefica nivea Olson, 1987
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Prefica is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Prefica nivea is |known from the Green River Formation of Wyoming.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1987). "An Early Oilbird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae)" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 57–69.