Xenavicula

Xenavicula; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Genus:	† Xenavicula
Species:	†X. pamelae
Binomial name
	†Xenavicula pamelae; Mayr & Kitchener, 2024

Last updated November 20, 2025

Xenavicula is an extinct genus of bird that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Xenavicula pamelae fossils are known from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.^[1]

References

↑ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (14 October 2024). "Two distinctive, but difficult-to-classify, avian species and a new trogon (Trogoniformes) from the early Eocene London Clay" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 312 (3): 309–323. Bibcode:2024NJGPA.312..309M. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1216. ISSN 0077-7749 . Retrieved 1 March 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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[1] Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (14 October 2024). "Two distinctive, but difficult-to-classify, avian species and a new trogon (Trogoniformes) from the early Eocene London Clay" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 312 (3): 309–323. Bibcode:2024NJGPA.312..309M. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1216. ISSN 0077-7749 . Retrieved 1 March 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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