Ypresicolius
| Ypresicolius Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coliiformes |
| Genus: | †Ypresicolius |
| Species: | †Y. sandcoleiformis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis Mayr & Kitchener, 2024
| |
Ypresicolius is an extinct genus of coliiform bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (12 December 2024). "A new mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, United Kingdom) constitutes a morphological link between sandcoleids and coliids". Geodiversitas. 46 (20). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a20. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
 | This prehistoric bird article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |