Primapus

Taxobox
name = "Primapus"


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fossil_range=Early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neoaves
unranked_ordo = Cypselomorphae
ordo = Apodiformes
genus="Primapus"
genus_authority = Harrison and Walker, 1975
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"P. lacki" Harrison and Walker, 1975 (type)

"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".

ources

* "Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (page 262)

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=39422 "Primapus"] in the Paleobiology Database