| Primapus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | †Aegialornithidae |
| Genus: | †Primapus Harrison and Walker, 1975 |
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Primapus is an extinct genus of apodiform bird from the Early Eocene of the United Kingdom. Its fossils were found in the London Clay, which was deposited around 50 million years ago. The type species is P. lacki.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (page 262)
External links
- Primapus in the Paleobiology Database
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