Tytthostonyx

Tytthostonyx

Taxobox
name = "Tytthostonyx"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neognathae
superordo = Neoaves
genus = "Tytthostonyx"
genus_authority =
species = "T. clemensi"
binomial = "Tytthostonyx glauconiticus"
binomial_authority =

"Tytthostonyx" is a genus of prehistoric seabird. Found in the much-debated Hornerstown Formation which straddles the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary 65 million years ago, this animal was apparently closely related to the ancestor of some modern birds, such as Procellariiformes and/or Pelecaniformes. A single species is placed herein, "Tytthostonyx glauconiticus".

It has been placed into a family of its own, Tytthostonygidae, but whether this is appropriate cannot be determined at present.


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