Eopelecanus

Eopelecanus; Temporal range: Late Eocene, Priabonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Pelecanidae
Genus:	†Eopelecanus; El Adli et al., 2021
Binomial name
	†Eopelecanus aegyptiacus; El Adli et al., 2021

Eopelecanus is an extinct genus of pelican from the in the Wadi El Hitan in Egypt, dating to the late Eocene (Priabonian).^[1] The holotype, a right tibiotarsus discovered in 2008, represents the oldest record of pelicans to date, the only named fossil pelican to date and only one species is known, E. aegyptiacus.

References[]

^ El Adli, Joseph J.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.; Antar, Mohammed Sameh M.; Gingerich, Philip D. (2021-06-02). "The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41: e1903910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1903910. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 236269386.

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[1] El Adli, Joseph J.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.; Antar, Mohammed Sameh M.; Gingerich, Philip D. (2021-06-02). "The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41: e1903910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1903910. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 236269386.

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