Colymbiculus

Extinct genus of birds

Colymbiculus
Temporal range: Lutetian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gaviiformes
Genus: Colymbiculus
Mayr and Zvonok 2011
Type species
Colymbiculus udovichenkoi
Mayr and Zvonok 2011

Colymbiculus is an extinct genus of loon that lived in Novopskov, Ukraine in the Eocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mayr, G.; E. Zvonok (2011). "Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes (Aves) from the Ukrainian Paratethys". Palaeontology. 54 (6): 1347–1359. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54.1347M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01109.x.
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Genera of loons and their extinct allies
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Clade: Phaethoquornithes
  • Clade: Aequornithes
  • Order: Gaviiformes
Gaviiformes
  • Colymbiculus
  • Nasidytes
Colymboididae
  • Colymboides
Gaviidae
Petralcinae
  • Petralca
Gaviellinae
  • Gavia
Taxon identifiers
Colymbiculus


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