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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | Phaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Phaethusavis |
| Species: | †P. pelagicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †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
Phaethusavis pelagicus is known from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.1
References
References
- 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.