Lithoptila

Lithoptila
Temporal range: Paleocene (Thanetian), 59.2–56 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: †Prophaethontidae
Genus: †Lithoptila
Bourdon, 2005
Species:
†L. abdounensis
Binomial name
†Lithoptila abdounensis
Bourdon, E. et al. 2005

Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of prophaethontid seabird that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.

Distribution

L. abdounensis lived in Morocco, its fossils having been found in strata dating to both the Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene.