Nasidytes
Nasidytes is an extinct genus of loon (Gaviiformes) that lived during the early Eocene in what is now Great Britain. It contains a single species, N. ypresianus. Nasidytes is the earliest unambiguously identified loon in the fossil record.
| Nasidytes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gaviiformes |
| Genus: | †Nasidytes Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| †Nasidytes ypresianus Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 | |
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