Olympidytes
Olympidytes is an extinct genus of Plotopteridae, a family of large, flightless marine bird superficially similar to modern penguins but more closely related to cormorants and gannets. It lived during the Late Eocene or the Early Oligocene, in what is today the State of Washington and Japan.
| Olympidytes | |
|---|---|
| Femur and distal end of the tibiotarsus of Olympidytes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | †Plotopteridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tonsalinae |
| Genus: | †Olympidytes Mayr & Goedert, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Olympidytes thieli Mayr & Goedert, 2016 | |
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