Lithoptila
| Lithoptila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Phaethontiformes |
| Family: | †Prophaethontidae |
| Genus: | †Lithoptila Bourdon, 2005 |
| Species: | †L. abdounensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, E. et al. 2005
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Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of prophaethontid seabird that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.