| Copepteryx Temporal range: Oligocene
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| Skeletal reconstruction of Copepteryx hexeris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | †Plotopteridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tonsalinae |
| Genus: | †Copepteryx Olson & Hasegawa, 1996 |
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Copepteryx is an extinct genus of flightless bird of the family Plotopteridae, endemic to Japan during the Oligocene living from 28.4 to 23 mya, meaning it existed for approximately 5.4 million years.[1]
- ^ "Copepteryx". paleodb.org. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.