Tydea

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Tydea
Temporal range: Rupelian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Diomedeidae
Genus: Tydea
Species:
T. septentrionalis
Binomial name
Tydea septentrionalis
Mayr & Smith, 2012

Tydea is an extinct genus of diomedeid that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Tydea septentrionalis is known from Belgium. [1]

References

  1. Mayr, Gerald; Smith, Thierry (1 January 2012). "A fossil albatross from the Early Oligocene of the North Sea Basin". The Auk . 129 (1): 87–95. doi:10.1525/auk.2011.11192 . Retrieved 24 February 2025 via Oxford Academic.