Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of seabird that lived during the Late Paleocene (Thanetian) of Morocco. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.
References
- ^ Bourdon, Estelle; Bouya, Baâdi; Iarochene, Mohamed (2005). "Earliest African neornithine bird: A new species of prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25: 157. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0157:EANBAN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86218884.
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