Lithoptila

Lithoptila Temporal range: Paleocene (Thanetian), 59.2–56 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Phaethontiformes
Family:	†
Genus:	†Lithoptila Bourdon, 2005
Species:	†L. abdounensis
Binomial name
†Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, E. et al. 2005[1]

Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of seabird that lived during the Late Paleocene (Thanetian) of Morocco. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.

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