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Xenavicula

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Xenavicula
Temporal range: Ypresian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Genus: Xenavicula
Species:
X. pamelae
Binomial name
Xenavicula pamelae
Mayr & Kitchener, 2024

Xenavicula is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

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Xenavicula pamelae fossils are known from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (14 October 2024). "Two distinctive, but difficult-to-classify, avian species and a new trogon (Trogoniformes) from the early Eocene London Clay". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 312 (3): 309–323. Bibcode:2024NJGPA.312..309M. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1216. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.