Collocalia buday
Collocalia buday Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Genus: | Collocalia |
Species: | C. buday
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Binomial name | |
Collocalia buday , 2001
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Collocalia buday is an extinct species of large swiftlet from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia. It was described in 2001 by from fossil material found at Riversleigh, in the Boodjamulla National Park of north-western Queensland.[1]
References[]
- ^ Boles, W. E. (2001). "A swiftlet (Apodidae: Collocaliini) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 25: 45–52.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2001
- Collocalia
- Oligocene birds
- Miocene birds
- Oligocene birds of Australia
- Riversleigh fauna
- Miocene birds of Australia
- Apodiformes stubs
- Prehistoric bird stubs