Proplegadis Harrison and Walker 1971 (tropicbird)

Aves - Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae

Full reference: C.J.O. Harrison and C.A. Walker. 1971. A new ibis from the lower Eocene of Britain. Ibis 113:367-368

Parent taxon: Phaethontidae according to S. L. Olson 1981

See also Harrison and Walker 1971 and Harrison and Walker 1977

Sister taxa: Heliadornis, Phaethon

Subtaxa: Proplegadis fisheri

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey London Clay (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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