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Nasidytes
Temporal range: Early Eocene (Ypresian), 55–54.6 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gaviiformes
Genus:
†Nasidytes Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Type species
†Nasidytes ypresianus
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Nasidytes is an extinct genus of loon (Gaviiformes) that lived during the early Eocene in what is now Great Britain. It contains a single species, N. ypresianus. Nasidytes is the earliest unambiguously identified loon in the fossil record.[1]
^Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C (2022-07-14). "Oldest fossil loon documents a pronounced ecomorphological shift in the evolution of gaviiform birds". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196 (4): 1431–1450. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac045. ISSN 0024-4082.
species, N. ypresianus. Nasidytes is the earliest unambiguously identified loon in the fossil record. The holotype of Nasidytes ypresianus, NMS.Z.2021...
unequivocally identified specimens – anyway. The oldest known stem-gaviiform is Nasidytes from the Early Eocene aged London Clay of England, dating to around 55...
Formation China A member of Enantiornithes. The type species is M. amabilis. Nasidytes Gen. et sp. nov Valid Mayr & Kitchener Eocene (Ypresian) London Clay United...
roller relative Lithornis – a paleognath Lutavis – a possible afroavian Nasidytes – a loon Odontopteryx – a pseudotooth bird Parvigyps – perhaps a diurnal...
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