| Lithoptila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | †Prophaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Lithoptila Bourdon, 2005 |
| Species: | †L. abdounensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, E. et al. 2005
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Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of prophaethontid seabird that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.
Distribution
L. abdounensis lived in Morocco,1 its fossils having been found in strata dating to both the Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene.2
References
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. Retrieved 4 March 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
- Bourdon, Estelle; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Amaghzaz, Mbarek; Bouya, Baâdi (12 September 2008). "New specimens of Lithoptila abdounensis (Aves, Prophaethontidae) from the lower Paleogene of Morocco". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 751–761. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[751:NSOLAA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 4 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.