Ypresicolius

Ypresicolius; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coliiformes
Genus:	† Ypresicolius
Species:	†Y. sandcoleiformis
Binomial name
	†Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis; Mayr & Kitchener, 2024

Last updated May 29, 2025

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

Distribution

Ypresicolius sandcoleiformis fossils are known from Walton-on-the-Naze, a fossil site stratigraphically located in the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation.^[1]

References

↑ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (12 December 2024). "A new mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, United Kingdom) constitutes a morphological link between sandcoleids and coliids" . Geodiversitas . 46 (20). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a20. ISSN 1280-9659 . Retrieved 1 March 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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[1] Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (12 December 2024). "A new mousebird (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, United Kingdom) constitutes a morphological link between sandcoleids and coliids" . Geodiversitas . 46 (20). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a20. ISSN 1280-9659 . Retrieved 1 March 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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