Tonsala

Tonsala
Temporal range: Oligocene
~33–22 Ma
Dentary, vertebra, pelvis, femur and tibiotarsus referred to Tonsala hildegardae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: †Plotopteridae
Subfamily: †Tonsalinae
Genus: †Tonsala
Olson, 1980
Type species
Tonsala hildegardae
Olson, 1980

Tonsala is an extinct genus of Plotopteridae, a family of flightless seabird similar in biology with penguins, but more closely related to modern cormorants. The genus is known from terrains dated from the Late Oligocene of the State of Washington[1][2] and Japan.[3]

  1. ^ Olson, S. L. (1980). "A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes : Plotopteridae)". Contributions in Science. 330: 51–57. doi:10.5962/p.208144. S2CID 4803730.
  2. ^ "Tonsala Olson 1980 (bird)". Palaeodiversity Database.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference OH1996 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).