Phaethusavis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | Phaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Phaethusavis |
| Species: | †P. pelagicus
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| †Phaethusavis pelagicus Bourdon et. al., 2008
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Phaethusavis is an extinct genus of phaethontid that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Phaethusavis pelagicus is known from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Bourdon, Estelle; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, Baâdi (July–August 2008). "A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco". Geobios. 41 (4): 455–459. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.11.002. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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