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Prophaethontidae is an
extinct family of
Early Paleogene phaethontiforms that
include the
genera Lithoptila and Prophaethon, as well as
possibly Phaethusavis...
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extant family, the
tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one
extinct family Prophaethontidae from the
early Cenozoic.
Several fossil genera have been described...
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Mohamed (2005):
Earliest African neornithine bird: A new
species of
Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the
Paleocene of Morocco. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 25(1):...
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incertae sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †
Prophaethontidae Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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incertae sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †
Prophaethontidae Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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incertae sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †
Prophaethontidae Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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likely a neognath.[citation needed] In 2008,
Zhylgaia was ****igned to
Prophaethontidae—an
extinct family related to
modern tropicbirds—on the
basis of its...
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incertae sedis †Clymenoptilon †Novacaesareala? †
Prophaethontidae Lithoptila Prophaethon Zhylgaia?
Phaethontidae †Heliadornis
Phaethon †Phaethusavis †Proplegadis...
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Pelecaniformes (pelicans and allies,
fossils ****ignable to Phaethontidae,
Prophaethontidae,
Fregatidae and Pelagornithidae), and
Anseriformes (waterfowl, including...
- 1007/s12542-024-00687-9. Mayr, G.; Kitchener, A. C. (2024). "A new
species of the
Prophaethontidae (Aves, Phaethontiformes) from the
early Eocene London Clay". Historical...
