Phocavis

Phocavis
Temporal range: Late Eocene (Priabonian)
~38–33.9 Ma
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Tarsometatarsus of Phocavis maritimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: †Plotopteridae
Genus: †Phocavis
Goedert, 1988
Type species
Phocavis maritimus
Goedert, 1988

Phocavis is an extinct genus of flightless seabird, belonging to the family Plotopteridae, and distantly related with modern cormorants. Its fossils, found in the Keasey Formation in Oregon, are dated from the Late Eocene.[1]

  1. ^ Goedert, J. L. (1988). "A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes : Plotopteridae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 45 (6): 97–102.