Apus boanoi

Apus boanoi; Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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

Last updated July 29, 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

↑ 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 . 99 (2): 185–192. Bibcode:2025PalZ...99..185P. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00711-y. ISSN 0031-0220 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[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 . 99 (2): 185–192. Bibcode:2025PalZ...99..185P. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00711-y. ISSN 0031-0220 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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