Eopelecanus

Eopelecanus
Temporal range: Late Eocene,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Genus: †Eopelecanus
El Adli et al., 2021
Species:
†E. aegyptiacus
Binomial name
†Eopelecanus aegyptiacus
El Adli et al., 2021

Eopelecanus is an extinct genus of pelican from the Birket Qarun Formation in the Wadi El Hitan in Egypt, dating to the late Eocene (Priabonian). The holotype, a right tibiotarsus discovered in 2008, represents the oldest record of pelicans to date, the only named fossil pelican to date and only one species is known, E. aegyptiacus.

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