Apus boanoi

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Apus boanoi
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Apus
Species:
A. boanoi
Binomial name
Apus boanoi
Pavia et. al., 2025

Apus boanoi is an extinct species of Apus that lived during the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Apus boanoi fossils are known from the Zanclean site of Langebaanweg in South Africa. [1]

References

  1. Pavia, Marco; Louchart, Antoine; Govender, Romala; Delfino, Massimo (23 January 2025). "A new species of swift (Aves, Apodidae) from the Early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa". PalZ . doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00711-y. ISSN   0031-0220 . Retrieved 15 February 2025 via Springer Nature Link.