Plotopterum

Plotopterum Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Chattian-Burdigalian) ~28.1–15.97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype coracoid of P. joaquinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Suliformes
Family:	†Plotopteridae
Genus:	†Plotopterum Howard, 1969
Type species
Plotopterum joaquinensis Howard, 1969

Plotopterum is an extinct genus of flightless seabird of the family Plotopteridae, native to the North Pacific during the Late Oligocene and the Early Miocene. The only described species is Plotopterum joaquinensis.