Phaethusavis

Phaethusavis is an extinct genus of phaethontid that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Phaethusavis Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Phaethontiformes
Family:	Phaethontidae
Genus:	†Phaethusavis
Species:	†P. pelagicus
Binomial name
†Phaethusavis pelagicus Bourdon et. al., 2008

Distribution

Phaethusavis pelagicus is known from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.^[1]