Scaniacypselus wardi was named by Harrison (1984) [Humerus small, shaft stout. Crista pectoralis extending halfway along shaft, and basally thick in width. Prominent, peg-like processus M. extensor metacarpi radialis just distal to the end of crista pectoralis. Tuberculum dorsale facet proximodistally elongated and caudodistally directed. Intumescentum bicipitale broad, with prominent and abrupt dorsal edge and narrow distal lobe. Crista bicipitalis curves caudally to projecting tuberculum ventralae with two attachment pits on its flattened caudal surface and a narrow fossa pneumotricipitalis on its distal side. As in Eocypselus vincenti there is a small, shallow secondary hollow on the caudal surface, ventral to the tuberculum ventrale projection and just distal to the caput. The sulcus ligamentosus transversus is deep and narrow, and the caput stout. Distal end broad, with epicondylus ventralis projecting distally. Condylus ventralis transverse and narrow, condylus dorsalis stout, caudocranially thick and proximally curved, the craniodorsal edge forming an abrupt ridge. Ulna short and stout, longer and more slender than in Recent Apodinae, with the proximal end more cranially curved. Olecranon very short and blunt, with proximal sulcus tendineus well-marked and the cotylae with a strong cranial tilt. Tuberculum ligamentosum collateralis ventralis projects cranially to form a deep hollow distal to the cotyla ventralis. At the distal end, condylus dorsalis projects more distally than other structures, condylus ventralis does not have well-developed projection, and tuberculum carpale is short and blunt. Carpometacarpus similar to that of Recent Apodinae but the shaft of os metacarpale majus tends to taper towards distal end, showing strong anteroposterior compression.]. Its type specimen is BMNH A5430, a set of postcrania (associated left humerus, left ulna, left carpometacarpus and alular phalanx), and it is a 3D body fossil.